The Spirit of Korean Cultural Roots 12: Folk-religion - The Customs in Korea

Author: Jun-shik Choi
Publisher: Ewha Women's University Press
Hardcover | 153 pages | 188*128mm

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CONTENTS:

Foreword

I. Mugyo (Korean Shamanism)

1. What Does Mugyo Mean to Koreans?
2. Theory of Mugyo
3. The Social Function of Gut
4. Korean Culture and Mugyo

II. Household Religion

1. Ancestral Worship and Jesa
2. Preparing a Charye
3. Sije
4. The Social and Religious Function of Jesa and Its Future
5. Belief in House Spirits

III. Local Rites and Village Ceremonies

1. Seonangdang, Where the Village Gut Take Place
2. How the Village Gut Are Carried Out
3. An Example of Village Gut: One Performed at Sorasil Village in Gongju City
4. The Social Function of Village Gut

Conclusion

Index

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