Colonel | Brown | The new American in charge. |
Him | Chan | Mi Ja's uncle. |
Granny | Cho | Min Lee's babysitter. |
Park | Chung-Hee | The new President. |
Kim | Dae-Jung | The new Korean President. |
General | Dean | The U.S. military governor in charge of Korea. |
Yang | Do-Saeng | Sun-Sil's diving partner and best friend. |
Yang | Gi Won | The collective chief. |
Han | Gil-Ho | Mi Ja's father. |
Kang | Gu-Ja | A baby diver. Young Sook's co-diver and childhood friend. |
Kang | Gu-Sun | Gu-ja's younger sister. |
Lee | Han-Bong | Sang Mun's father. |
Kim | In-Ha | The leader of the collective. |
Halmang | Jacheongbi | The Goddess of Love. |
Yang | Jun-Bu | Do-Saeng's son. |
Shaman | Kim | The spiritual leader and guide. |
Jang | Ki-Yeong | Young Sook's new neighbor. |
Madame | Lee | Mi Ja's mother-in-law. |
Han | Mi Ja | Young Sook's best friend. Janet's grandmother. |
Yang | Min Lee | Young Sook and Jun Bu's daughter. |
Teacher | Oh | Joon Lee's teacher. |
Dr. | Park | A scientist. |
Lee | Sang-Mun | Mi Ja's fiancé. |
Dr. | Shin | The emergency doctor. |
Little | Sister | Young Sook's little sister. |
Halmang | Smaseung | The Goddess who protects babies. |
Kyung | Soo | Young Sook and Jun Bu's son. |
Wan | Soon | Gu Sun's daughter. |
Thurman | Stout | The Jeju military governor. |
Yun | Su | Ki-Yeong's daughter. Jun Bu's student. |
Yang | Sung-Soo | Young Sook and Jun Bu's son. |
Kim | Sun-Sil | Young Sook's mother. |
Rhee | Syngman | The American elected Korean President. |
Roh | Tae-Woo | The first President to be elected by South Koreans. |
Lee | Yo-Chan | Mi Ja and Sang Mun's son. |
Kim | Young-Sook | Narrator and Protagonist. The best haenyeo. |
Yang | Yu-Ri | Do-Saeng's daughter. A baby diver. |
Aigo | | Yu-Ri's fiancé. |
Alexi | | The man who accompanied Mi Ja and Young Sook. |
Bu | | One of the founders of Jeju City. |
Clara | | Janet's daughter. |
Dr. Bok | | Dr. Park's colleague. |
Dr. Jones | | Dr. Park's colleague. |
Dr. Lee | | Dr. Park's colleague. |
Grandmother | | Young Sook's grandmother. |
Jim | | Janet's husband. |
Ji-Young | | Mi Ja's granddaughter. Aka: Janet. |
Joon-Lee | | Young Sook's daughter. |
Ko | | One of the founders of Jeju City. |
Lee-Ok | | Mi Ja's aunt. |
Scott | | Janet's son. |
Vlad | | Alexi's friend. |
Yang | | One of the founders of Jeju City. |
Yang-Jin | | Young Sook's diving partner. |
Yeongdeung | | The Goddess of the wind. |
Yoo | | The Korean Governor. |