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A young shaman climbs a silver moon ladder to meet glowing ancestral spirits above the cliffs of Jeju Island

The Moon Ladder of Jeju

In the quiet nights on Jeju Island, when the sea glimmers silver under a full moon, the villagers whisper of a ladder of light that descends from the heavens. This ladder appears only for the shamans of the island, the wise women and men who serve as intermediaries between the living and the ancestors. Young Ji-eun, an apprentice shaman, had

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