BTS: When birthday boy V revealed his dad dreamt of beating a dragon in a game of pool before singer was born

BTS singer V turned 26 (international age) on Thursday, December 30. Like many South Koreans, the singer’s parents too had a conception dream – formally known as taemong. The singer had revealed a couple of times that his father had a dream in which he beat a dragon and won a precious stone in return. 

In the Korean tradition, either the mother-to-be or people close to the soon-to-be-born baby get the taemong. These dreams are believed to foretell ‘the conception or birth of a child’, the gender or their destiny. 

Back in 2015, in a profile questionnaire for the magazine The Star, V had revealed that his father had a dream in which he played pool with a dragon and won. As reported by Koreaboo, the singer revealed, “My father had a bet with a dragon playing pool and won. He received a magic pearl and I came out of it.” 

The singer again spoke about his dad’s conception dream when he appeared with his fellow BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin and Jungkook on the show SBS 2 O’Clock Escape Cultwo Show. A video, translated by a fan on YouTube, shows the singer dramatically reciting the dream. 

“One day, my father had a dream of a dragon. He played a game of billiards with the dragon. He won the game, so it gave him its Yeouiju (a jewel that fulfills wishes, which was the dragon’s prized possession),” he said. 

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On the occasion of his birthday this year, BTS fans across the globe have come up with different birthday projects to show their love for V. In India, a group has rented out billboards in different cities to play birthday ads for him. In South Korea, fans have gone all out – from stalls to inflated dolls – to make sure he has a memorable birthday.