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@article{ART001883571},
author={CHO SEONGSOOK},
title={The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage},
journal={인문논총 },
issn={2005-6222},
year={2014},
volume={34},
pages={5-32}

TY - JOUR
AU - CHO SEONGSOOK
TI - The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage
JO - 인문논총
PY - 2014
VL - 34
IS - null
PB - Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
SP - 5
EP - 32
SN - 2005-6222
AB - While our society is familiar with the story of the dragon ascending to heaven, there have not been many studies focusing specifically on this folklore. Given this context, this article aims to examine the dragon folk tale in terms of the rites of passage. Many creatures that aspire to be a sky dragon are required to undergo special events, which function as a test or an ordeal to them. When it ascends, a dragon is expected to recover its sacred attribute, to possess a cintamani, and finally to take an ordeal revealing its moral and ethical value. Depending on the result of the ordeal, the creatures are destined to be a sky dragon or a vicious one, undergoing an ontological change. This article argues that this change is represented as the status of god, the realization of communal desire and the integration of ground and heaven in oral folk tales.
KW - dragon tale;ascension;the rite of passage;qualifications for ascension;ontological change
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CHO SEONGSOOK. (2014). The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage. 인문논총 , 34, 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. 2014, "The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage", 인문논총 , vol.34, pp.5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK "The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage" 인문논총 34 pp.5-32 (2014) : 5.

CHO SEONGSOOK. The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage. 2014; 34 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. "The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage" 인문논총 34(2014) : 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage. 인문논총 , 34, 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage. 인문논총 . 2014; 34 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage. 2014; 34 5-32.

CHO SEONGSOOK. "The True Meaning of Ascending Dragon Folk Tales in Terms of the Rites of Passage" 인문논총 34(2014) : 5-32.