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Shaman myth 'Princess Baridegi' and Female leadership

KANG HYESUN 1

1성신여자대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

This paper aims at exploring a new leadership training program by making use of myths. This paper focuses on the manner in which female heroism is described in shaman myth 'Princess Baridegi.' Shaman myth 'Princess Baridegi' is an adventure story or quest story such as many classic hero stories. But 'Princess Baridegi' is different from the adventure stories of masculine heros. Baridegi's heroic behaviors are not violent, competitive, and masculine. Baridegi sacrifices herself for the good of others and she has strong convictions about performing her mission 'seeking the waters of life'. She doesn't stop an exercise of willpower for a moment. Her sense of empathy and her mind of great capacity deserve explicit emphasis. Baridegi sympathizes with all spirits in their suffering and uses her holy abilities in order to save them from hell. In addition, Baridegi makes a decision to be a Godess that consoles the spirit of the deceased instead of becoming a queen. Baridegi's feminine heroic leadership is often associated with recent theories of leadership such as authentic leadership, emotional leadership and Un-Leadership.

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