@article{ART002352640},
author={Cho, Hyunsoul},
title={The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism},
journal={Journal of Korean Literature},
issn={1598-2076},
year={2018},
number={37},
pages={7-30},
doi={10.52723/JKL.37.007}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cho, Hyunsoul
TI - The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism
JO - Journal of Korean Literature
PY - 2018
VL - null
IS - 37
PB - The Society Of Korean Literature
SP - 7
EP - 30
SN - 1598-2076
AB - Baridegi, which is a representative Korean shamanist myth, is a text focused on the ethics of Shamanism. The ethics of shamanism underlie the Hamheung version of Baridegi. Other versions of Baridegi appear to discuss Confucian ethics on the surface, but carry a subtext of Buddhist ethics. The Hamheung version appears to discuss Confucian ethics on the surface, but carries a subtext of the ethics of shamanism. Baridegi’s journey is a way of achieving harmony with the universe, which is the aim of shamanism.
The ethics of shamanism are magnified in the ending part of the Hamheung version. The reborn mother fights with six of her seven daughters. On the other hand, through the final part of the youngest daughter’s journey, the conflict between the mother and the youngest daughter is resolved. However, in the end, both cases conclude with the death of all the characters. Death is presented as the essence of every being. Mangmook-gut is the art or ritual of creating harmony between death, or ‘ogital’ (the sickness of death), and life.
These ethics of shamanism in the Hamheung version of Baridegi result in the creation of an anti-Buddhist and anti-Confucian attitude. The Hamheung version shows an anti-Buddhist attitude through the character of the bad Buddhist monk and displays an anti-Confucian attitude through the paradoxical speech which declares that virtuous women and loyalists are not good for the family. This is the distinctive characteristic of the Hamheung. This characteristic makes me believe that the Hamheung version is one of the early versions of the Baridegi myth.
KW - Baridegi(the abandoned princess);Ethics of Shamanism;Buddhist ethics;Confucian ethics;Hamheung version;Harmony;Ogital(The Sickness Unto Death)
DO - 10.52723/JKL.37.007
ER -
Cho, Hyunsoul. (2018). The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism. Journal of Korean Literature, 37, 7-30.
Cho, Hyunsoul. 2018, "The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism", Journal of Korean Literature, no.37, pp.7-30. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul "The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism" Journal of Korean Literature 37 pp.7-30 (2018) : 7.
Cho, Hyunsoul. The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism. 2018; 37 : 7-30. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul. "The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism" Journal of Korean Literature no.37(2018) : 7-30.doi: 10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul. The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism. Journal of Korean Literature, 37, 7-30. doi: 10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul. The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism. Journal of Korean Literature. 2018; 37 7-30. doi: 10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul. The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism. 2018; 37 : 7-30. Available from: doi:10.52723/JKL.37.007
Cho, Hyunsoul. "The abandoned princess Baridegi and Ethics of Shamanism" Journal of Korean Literature no.37(2018) : 7-30.doi: 10.52723/JKL.37.007
