There isn't any difference between studying Udegeys's myths or their beliefs and those of Korean's and the origin of Korean culture, considering the place where Udegeys dwells was partly the territory of Buyeo, Koguryeo and Balhae, the kingdoms of anc...
There isn't any difference between studying Udegeys's myths or their beliefs and those of Korean's and the origin of Korean culture, considering the place where Udegeys dwells was partly the territory of Buyeo, Koguryeo and Balhae, the kingdoms of ancient Korea.
Udegeys's myths are classified as following ; Cosmogonic myth including the tenor concerned with the origins of the earth, human beings and animals, with astronomy, and with natural phenomena, totemic myth including tenor about the agents related to human and animals' world, spiritual myth including tenor consists of the worship of spirits of the nature, and shamanic myth including tenor concerned with special authority of shaman.
Udegeys's religions are based on animism and shamanism They think the things around them are the presentations of a good spirit and a bad spirit, and their fates are controlled by their wills. They also think that a shaman can cure the patiences, guide their souls to the other world and predict what will happen in their future by performing a special ritual.
According to the Udegeys's view of universe, they consider the world consists of the heavenly world, the earthly world, and the underworld. A person has two souls in the light of their view of soul. It is believed that they get sick when they lose their souls temporally, or a bad spirit invades their bodies and occupies them, according to their view of diseases.