# Tale of Fairy

Tale of Fairy (Korean: 계룡선녀전; RR: Gyeryongseonnyeojeon) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Moon Chae-won, Yoon Hyun-min, Seo Ji-hoon, Jeon Soo-jin and Kang Mi-na. It is based on the popular webtoon of the same title by Dol Bae which was first published via Naver WEBTOON in 2017. The series aired on tvN from November 5 to December 25, 2018.

## Cast
### Main

* Moon Chae-won as Sun Ok-nam
** Go Doo-shim as old Sun Ok-nam
    A 699-year old fairy who currently works as a barista with the special ability to talk to plants. Only a few can see her otherworldly beauty while she appears to the majority as a humble old woman.
* Yoon Hyun-min as Jung Yi-hyun / Immortal Izy / Deer
** Yoon So-yi as Immortal Izy
    A biology professor. One of Ok-nam's potential husband reincarnations.
* Seo Ji-hoon as Kim Geum / Immortal Daube / Bausae the woodcutter
    A graduate student and assistant professor at Lee Won University, Department of Biology. Another one of Ok-nam's potential husband reincarnations. He has the ability to communicate with animals.
* Jeon Soo-jin as Lee Ham-sook
    A professor of psychology at Lee Won University who also works as a psychiatrist. A close friend to Jung Yi-hyun. She has a one-sided love for him.
* Kang Mi-na as Jeom Soon-yi
    Daughter of Sun Ok-nam who can turn into a cat or a tiger under certain circumstances. A ghostwriter of an erotica.

### Supporting
#### Deities

* Ahn Young-mi as Jo Bong-dae
    A guardian deity who operates the coffee truck at Lee Won University.
* Ahn Gil-kang as Master Gu
    A pigeon deity who'd lost the ability to fly.
* Go Geon-han as Park Shin-seon
    An immortal wizard.
* Hwang Young-hee as Fairy Oh
* Im Ha-ryong as King Bukdu

#### Lee Won University

* Yoo Jung-woo as Eum Kyung-sul
    An aspiring film director. He has a crush on Jeom Soon-yi.
* Yoo Ah-reum as Ahn Jung-min
    A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
* Ahn Seung-gyun as Oh Kyung-sik
    A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
* Yum Dong-hun as Professor Park
    Jung Yi-hyun's rival.
* Kang Da-hyun as Prof. Jung's student
    A student of Jung Yi-hyun's at Lee Won University.

##### Others

* Yoo In-soo as Prof. Jung's student
* Seo Cho-won as Supporting
* Han Da-hee as Jung Yi-hyun's first love
* Baek Hyun-joo as Kim Geum's mother

#### Special appearances

* Han Hyun-min as Ethiopian exchange fairy
* Kim Sun-a as Butterfly-haired Eelworm (voice cameo)
* Jung Kyung-ho as Jeum Dol the Egg/Blue Dragon (voice cameo)
* Eric Mun as Alex the Frog (voice cameo)
* Jung Yu-mi as lotus (voice cameo)
* So Hee-jung as Jeong Yi-hyeon's mother

## Production

* Kang So-ra was cast in the lead female role but had to back out of the drama due to scheduling conflicts.
* The first script reading was held on May 27, 2018.

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 1343 | 1156 | 807 | 996 | 807 | 785 | 787 | 787 | 882 | 851 | 708 | 819 | 805 | 925 | 869 | 1026 | 897 |