Gamasot (Cast-iron Cooking Pot)
가마솥
A traditional cooking vessel used to cook rice or boil soup and water.
Research note · see sources and scope belowOne-Sentence Definition
A gamasot (가마솥) is a large traditional cooking pot, commonly made of cast iron and used in household kitchens.
Everyday Cooking
The National Folk Museum of Korea defines the gamasot as a cooking vessel consisting of a pot and lid, used to cook rice or boil soup and water. A museum essay on the traditional kitchen describes rice being cooked in a gamasot over an agungi hearth. These sources support the vessel’s basic kitchen role; they do not establish one universal size, installation, household menu, or kitchen arrangement.
In a Story
A pot can be a kitchen tool, a hiding place, or part of a comic or dramatic episode. Its role comes from the individual tale. No current story in this atlas is tagged as featuring a gamasot.
Scope and Sources
The references below support only the broad definition and a documented cooking example. This entry does not assign a date or regional form, or connect the vessel to a particular folktale. The illustration is a modern reconstruction, not a source image.
- National Folk Museum of Korea, Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture: “Gamasot” entry in the subject index.
- National Folk Museum of Korea, “The Kitchen, Where Rice Blossomed” (museum essay by curator Park Seon-ju; describes rice cooking over an agungi hearth).
Stories featuring Gamasot (Cast-iron Cooking Pot)
This guide provides cultural background. No current story page names this item as a direct plot detail, so the Atlas keeps the two separate.