The fox sister eats the old couple but is later defeated by one of the brothers, who receives magical items from a supporting character.
[2] According to a 2021 study, at least 75 variants of the tale exist throughout South Korea, with varying details on how the fox sister is defeated, or from whom the brother receives the magical items.
The older brothers wandered until they met a Buddhist monk, who sent them back with four magical bottles: a yellow one, a white one, a blue one, and a red one.
Once they arrived, they found their sister living alone; she told them their brother left for Hanyang and their parents had passed away and implored them to stay.
then the older brother threw the blue bottle behind them and trapped her in a river, but as a fox, she swam ashore.