This research has been done in Sejong Metropolitan City which was once called to be the old Yeongi district. A number of shamans and monks have been actively worked on shamanism since the old times. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine p...
This research has been done in Sejong Metropolitan City which was once called to be the old Yeongi district. A number of shamans and monks have been actively worked on shamanism since the old times. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine passed-down aspects of Shamanism in Sejong Metropolitan City focused on shamans and monks.
The subjects of this study are Kang, Sun-ye, Kim, Jeong-sun, No, hyang-sun and the monk Kim, Jin-hwan(the monk means a male shaman in this research). This research consists of answers to four and other main questions which are mentioned below: 1) how did subjects suffer from [sin byung(cryptogenic physiological and psychological symptoms that shamans would suffer from before becoming shamans)], 2) did they undergo [nae rim gut(an invocatory rite to be a shaman)], If so, who did it for them, 3) did they learn [Mu-gyung(documents written down about abilities of shamanistic spirits)] in order to do shamanistic ritual, and finally 4) from whom did they learn how to play musical instruments such as drum or kkwaenggwari (Korean small gong)? Subjects’ answers are summarized and recorded in this study without making any adjustments.
Although this research is somewhat limited in that the study is based on the verbal data from four subjects, this study would be useful because it can be used to understand Shamanism in Sejong city. In fact, all of the research subjects have engaged in Shamanism fields for a long time in this region. Hence, they have well carried through the traditional Shamanism culture of this region. In this respect, their experiences represent Shamanism culture in this region.