However, unlike other Gasin, who were believed to embody pots, paper, and other inanimate objects, Eopsin is special in that she appears in an animal form.
Eopsin was generally believed to embody rat snakes, and more uncommonly weasels and toads.
Koreans believed that they had to worship Eopsin (along with Teojusin) to be rich, as she was the goddess of the storage, which held money.
When the rat snake, weasel, toad, et cetera left the household, it was believed that Eopsin had abandoned the house.
Because the lack of Eopsin was believed to cause bankruptcy, Koreans prevented the animals from leaving the household.
In some regions, the people believed that Eopsin embodied a pot called the Eob Hangari.
The family placed rice inside the pot (like the Seongju Danji of Seongjusin) and covered it with a straw umbrella (like the Teojutgari of the Teojusin).
[3] She was mostly invisible, but could appear as rat snakes, weasels, toads, cattle, pigs, roosters, dogs, or humans.
When the iron box reached Hamdeok Village in Jeju Island, the people there were frightened by the reptilian snake-girl and abandoned her.