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Korean creation narratives belong to the genre of shamanic narratives, hymns which convey a myth and which are sung by shamans during rituals called gut. In the Korean language, works of the genre often bear the title puri "narration" or bon-puri "origin narration". [1] These myths are traditionally taught line-by-line by accomplished shamans ...
There are two main characteristics of Ungnyeo. The founding myth of the Korean ancient nation generally sets the founder's paternal blood line as the Cheonsin (천신; 天神; lit. sky god) and the mother line as the Jisin (Korean: 지신; Hanja: 地神; lit. land god). As a result, Ungnyeo is regarded as a type of totem deified by Dangun's ...
Heungbu and Nolbu (Korean: 흥부와 놀부; RR: Heungbuwa Nolbu) or Heungbujeon (Korean: 흥부전; Hanja: 興甫傳; lit. ‘ Tale of Heungbu ’) is a Korean story written in the late Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). The identity of its writer is unknown. The story of "Heungbu and Nolbu" reportedly took place about 200 years ago, [1] and was ...
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million [1][2] and 5.8 million [3] members, respectively. Christianity in the form of Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period by Confucian ...
Namu doryeong. Namu doryeong (Korean: 나무도령 Master Tree) is a Korean orally transmitted folktale that tells the story of the son of a tree and a seonnyeo (fairy). While riding on his father, the tree, during a great flood, the boy rescues disaster-stricken animals, marries the daughter of an old woman and becomes the progenitor of humanity.
The Igong Bonpuri (Korean: 이공 본풀이), better known in Korea as the Hallakgungi myth (Korean: 할락궁이 신화) is an narrative traditionally told by shamans on the Korean island of Jejudo. The story bears similarity to the Buddhist book Worin Seokbo (月印釋譜; "The Moon's Reflection on the Buddha's Genealogy"), showing the close ...
In Korea, it has been widely transmitted orally under titles such as Brother and sister who became the Sun and Moon or The Sun and the Moon. The earliest recorded and reported material is the contents presented above, which is The Sun and the Moon [ 7 ] (written by Zong In Sob), narrated by O Su-hwa in South Gyeongsang Province in 1911.
Kil Sŏn-chu. Kil Sŏn-chu (Korean: 길선주; Hanja: 吉善宙; RR: Gil Seon-ju; MR: Kil Sŏn-ju; 25 March 1869 – 26 November 1935), considered by some to be the father of Korean Christianity, was one of the first Koreans ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He was an early supporter of Korean nationalism and helped shape the nature of the ...