The Bride of the Water God

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Genre: drama fantasy romance
Author: yoon mi-kyung
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Year: Oct 17, 2007 to 2014
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Status： Finished

Soah is a girl from a small village. The Water God is upset and so a long drought has been devastating the village people. In order to appease the god, they marry Soah off to him by sacrificing her to the Water God in exchange for rain. The Water God rescues her to his Water Kingdom, where her new life begins. For Soah, this is a story of her faith...her life...her love... The Bride of the Water God has been published in English by Dark Horse Books since October 17, 2007. It is released both in print and in digital version.

Associated Names

Japanese: 하백의 신부
English: Bride of the Water God

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Habaek

Main

The Water God, a temperamental deity who has not allowed rain to fall in Soah's village for many years. He is a child by day and an adult by night. Soah recognizes the child as her husband, but is unaware of his transformations; Habaek, unable to explain,...
Soah

Main

A girl from a small village chosen as the sacrifice to please the Water God, Habaek. When she was a child, she was prophesized to love two men in her life. She finds herself attracted to Mui, who she believes is Habaeks cousin, unaware that Habaek (the ch...
Ban Chun Geun

Supporting

Ban Chun Geun, Bi Ryeom (반천근, 비렴): The God of the Winds and ruler of the West Side Forest, who rescues Soah and Muhee when they are stranded in the mountains. He lives in exile for opposing the Emperor in the past. Bi Ryeom is an old acquaintance of Mura,...
Banwing

Supporting

A masked messenger who serves the Emperor. He wears a mask as a result of Hoo-ye attacking him in the past after Banwing presented a message to Habaek and threatened the Water God and his wife. He has made repeated indirect attempts to capture Soah, inclu...
Dong Wang Kong

Supporting

The Lord King of the East and the God of Birth and Spring. He is Habaek's father, as well as Shin Nong's closest and dearest friend. Because of his own affinity to fire and his decision to ally with Shin Nong, he has separated from his wife and child, and...
Emperor

Supporting

The Emperor: He first appears in the guise of the dead Nakbin, shocking Soah, who thought that Nakbin had returned. In a later chapter he expresses interest in Soah, going so far as to snatch her out of Hoo-ye's arms. Hoo-ye is seemingly bound to him by a...