@article{ART003182090},
author={Hyun-Kyung Lee},
title={The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism},
journal={The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art},
issn={1229-0246},
year={2025},
volume={74},
pages={80-103}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hyun-Kyung Lee
TI - The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism
JO - The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
PY - 2025
VL - 74
IS - null
PB - 한국미학예술학회
SP - 80
EP - 103
SN - 1229-0246
AB - This study focused on bird-shaped poles, a relic of the Tungus shamans, and attempted to understand the fundamental shape and religious significance of Korean Sotdae. To this end, we first studied the background of the creation of the bird-shaped Kiryakta (кирякта) of the Evenki shamans, which is very similar to Sotdae, and its role, and examined the concept of Omia (омиа), one of the human souls of the Nanai people, which takes the shape of a bird. In addition, we examined the mythical bird Kori (кори) of the entire Tungus people to understand the worldview and concept of the soul of Tungus shamanism. In Tungus shamanism, the bird on the pole is the mythical bird Kori, originally a fierce and violent being like the thunder bird of the upper world and the devil bird of the lower world, but through the heroic struggle of the shaman, this bird became the shaman’s helper spirit. Kori was originally a clan totem, and in shamanism, it was considered the ancestor of the clan and became the patron and protector of their people, and again, depending on the purpose of the ritual and each people, it was referred to differently as Kiryakhta, which is in the form of a cuckoo or stork, duck Gasa, or Swan Chav.
KW - bird on a pole;duck Gasa;mythical bird Kori;Sotdae;Tungus shamanism;world tree
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Hyun-Kyung Lee. (2025). The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 74, 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. 2025, "The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism", The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, vol.74, pp.80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee "The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74 pp.80-103 (2025) : 80.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism. 2025; 74 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. "The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74(2025) : 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art, 74, 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism. The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art. 2025; 74 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism. 2025; 74 80-103.
Hyun-Kyung Lee. "The Meaning of the Bird Figure on the Pole in Tungus Shamanism" The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art 74(2025) : 80-103.
