Legends of Korea
Bari : The
Abandoned Princess Who Defied Death
(바리공주)
Episode 1
Long ago, in an
ancient kingdom of Korea, a king desperately wished for a son.
He already had
six daughters.
When the queen
became pregnant again, the entire kingdom prayed for a prince.
But fate had
other plans.
The seventh
child was born.
Another
daughter.
The king was
furious.
Believing the
child to be a curse upon his dynasty, he ordered the newborn princess to be
abandoned.
Her name became
Bari.
The Abandoned
One.
The infant was
placed in a box and cast away from the palace.
Everyone
expected her to die.
But destiny had
chosen a different path.
Episode 2
A poor elderly
couple discovered the baby.
They had no
children of their own.
They raised
Bari with love and kindness.
Years passed.
Bari grew into
a brave and compassionate young woman.
Far away in the
royal palace, however, tragedy struck.
The king and
queen became gravely ill.
No doctor could
save them.
No medicine
worked.
Then a
mysterious prophecy appeared.
Only the Water
of Life from the Land of the Dead could cure them.
And only the
abandoned seventh daughter could bring it back.
The daughter
they had thrown away.
Episode 3
Messengers
searched across the kingdom.
Eventually they
found Bari.
For the first
time in her life, she learned the truth.
The king and
queen were her real parents.
The parents who
had abandoned her.
The six
princesses were asked to make the journey.
Every one of
them refused.
The road led
beyond the world of the living.
No one expected
to return.
Then Bari
stepped forward.
"I will
go."
Everyone was
stunned.
Why would she
save the people who had discarded her?
Bari answered
only one thing.
"Because
they are still my parents."
Episode 4
Bari crossed
deserts.
She climbed
mountains.
She wandered
through endless darkness.
At last she
reached the boundary between life and death.
There she
encountered strange spirits and guardians.
The keeper of
the Water of Life demanded a terrible price.
Years of labor.
Years of
sacrifice.
Years of
suffering.
Bari accepted.
Day after day.
Year after
year.
She endured
every hardship.
Never giving
up.
Never turning
back.
Episode 5
At last the
Water of Life was hers.
Bari hurried
home.
But she was too
late.
The king and
queen had already died.
Their funeral
procession filled the roads.
The kingdom
wept.
Bari ran toward
the royal coffins.
With trembling
hands she sprinkled the sacred water.
A miracle
occurred.
The dead king
opened his eyes.
The queen
breathed again.
Life returned.
The entire
kingdom fell silent.
Then erupted in
joy.
The abandoned
daughter had done the impossible.
She had
conquered death itself.
Episode 6
(Ending)
The king begged
Bari to stay and become the kingdom's greatest princess.
But Bari chose
a different path.
Having traveled
between the worlds of the living and the dead, she had become something more.
A guide for
lost souls.
A bridge
between worlds.
According to
Korean tradition, Bari became the first great shaman and protector of spirits.
Even today, her
story is remembered as one of courage, sacrifice, and forgiveness.
Because
sometimes...
The child who
was abandoned becomes the one who saves everyone.
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