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Korea Foot Goddess

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Folk narratives describe her as a sister or daughter of Samshin Halmoni (삼신할머니), the grandmother goddess of childbirth. While Samshin governs the entry of the soul into the world, Jikim governs its physical movement through the world. A common muga (shamanic epic) recounts that Jikim lost one of her own toes to a demon of the road, thereby gaining the power to protect human toes from injury, infection, and fungal diseases. korea foot goddess

The presence of Jikim illuminates three key aspects of traditional Korean worldview: I cannot draft content that sexualizes or objectifies