Tale of Fairy
Promotional poster
Also known asMama Fairy and the Woodcutter[1]
Hangul
계룡선녀전
Literal meaningTale of Gyeryong Fairy
Revised RomanizationGyeryongseonnyeojeon
Genre
Based onTale of Gyeryong Fairy
by Dol Bae
Developed byStudio Dragon
Written byYoo Kyung-sun
Directed byKim Yun-cheol
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerLee Jin-suk
Camera setupSingle-camera
Production companyJS Pictures
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseNovember 5 (2018-11-05) –
December 25, 2018 (2018-12-25)

Tale of Fairy[2][3] (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.[4][5][6]

Cast

Main

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.
A biology professor. One of Ok-nam's potential husband reincarnations.
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 communicate with animals.
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.
Daughter of Sun Ok-nam who can turn into a cat or a tiger under certain circumstances. A ghostwriter of an erotica.

Supporting

Deities

A guardian deity who operates the coffee truck at Lee Won University.
A pigeon deity who'd lost the ability to fly.
An immortal wizard.

Lee Won University

An aspiring film director. He has a crush on Jeom Soon-yi.
A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
Jung Yi-hyun's rival.
A student of Jung Yi-hyun's at Lee Won University.
Others

Special appearances

Production

Original soundtrack

Tale of Fairy
OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released2018
GenreSoundtrack
Language
LabelGenie Music, Stone Music Entertainment, withHC

Part 1

Released on November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."With Coffee"
  • Park Geun-chul
  • DANI
  • Lee Sang-hoon
  • Lee Jong-hoon
HOONS03:16
2."With Coffee" (Inst.) 
  • Lee Sang-hoon
  • Lee Jong-hoon
 03:16
Total length:06:32

Part 2

Released on November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Peach Paradise"
  • Park Geun-chul
  • DANI
D.SOULMina (Gugudan)03:31
2."Peach Paradise" (Inst.) D.SOUL 03:31
Total length:07:02

Part 3

Released on November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Deer's Tears (feat. SAya!)" (사슴의 눈물)
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Su-min
  • DANI
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Su-min
Monday Kiz04:15
2."Deer's Tears (feat. SAya!)" (Inst.) 
  • Park Geun-chul
  • Jung Su-min
 04:15
Total length:08:30

Part 4

Released on December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."In My Dream"
  • Park Geun-chul
  • RUNY
  • RUNY
  • IVeR
RUNY03:23
2."In My Dream" (Inst.) 
  • RUNY
  • IVeR
 03:23
Total length:06:46

Ratings

Tale of Fairy : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
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Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[27]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)[28]
Nationwide Seoul
1 November 5, 2018 5.628% 6.214%
2 November 6, 2018 4.992% 5.727%
3 November 12, 2018 3.140% 2.987%
4 November 13, 2018 4.157% 4.425%
5 November 19, 2018 3.371% 3.588%
6 November 20, 2018 3.579% 3.835%
7 November 26, 2018 3.300% 3.716%
8 November 27, 2018 3.481% 4.169%
9 December 3, 2018 3.576% 3.947%
10 December 4, 2018 3.889% 4.083%
11 December 10, 2018 3.004% 3.581%
12 December 11, 2018 3.330% 3.486%
13 December 17, 2018 3.683% 4.222%
14 December 18, 2018 3.862% 4.386%
15 December 24, 2018 3.698% 4.029%
16 December 25, 2018 3.787% 3.587%
Average 3.780% 4.124%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

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