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KMID : 0352519800170030503
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Korea Univercity Medical Journal
1980 Volume.17 No. 3 p.503 ~ p.518
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Psychoanalytic Study of Taboos in Korea
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Abstract
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Originally, taboo was a Polynesian word and expressed itself in prohibition and restriction. Through psychoanalytic approach, the author attempted to investigate the hidden meanings of the taboo concerned with the honored father and the dead in Korea. The materials for this study were selected from the several literatures written by the Korea folklorist.
The results were summerized as follows;
1. The taboos upon the honored father seemed to be derived from the ancient taboos of the king and priest originally.
2. The taboos that the ancient king or priest had been subjected were remained as general taboos by which the common people living today are forbidden.
3. The strong power of the honored father were the object for which all people were
longing and at the same time it had the propensity for arousing temptation.
4. The observance of taboos concerned with the honored father represented not only
respect and protection for them, but also repression and renunciation of the aggression
and hostility toward them.
5. The attitude of general people toward the honored father would be regarded as the
so-called delusion of persecution which reflected infantile father-complex.
6. The taboos upon the dead among the Koreans were derived from the ancient taboo
ceremonial to the evil spirit of the dead.
7. It was revealed that the common belief that the soul of the dead became demon was
considered as projection of hostile feeling haboured by the survivors against the dead.
8. It was also revealed that the observance of taboos upon the dead was an expression
of the mouring and at the same time the disguise of hostility against the dead.
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