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KMID : 0368920140290010046
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Shim-Song Yon-Gu
2014 Volume.29 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.81
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A Study on Korean Shamanistic Myth ‘Woencheongang-Bonpuri’ from a Perspective of Analytical Psychology
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Lee Kwang-Ja
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Abstract
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The ‘Woencheongang-Bonpuri’ is one of the shamanistic myths in Cheju Island. That is a history of ancestor God of the ‘Woencheongang’. This myth contains a shaman’s initiation. And we can find important archetypal images in it. There are a child, old wise woman, book, water, tree, snake, Yakwangju which is a gem that emits light in the dark, dragon, hierogamy, goddess, time, etc. I’ve tried to interpret these images through the method of amplification from the perspective of analytical psychology. A heroine of this shamanistic myth is ‘Ohnuri’ that means ‘today’. When she came out from the earth, she was a ``abandoned child`` which is a ‘hero-motif’ in the fairytale and also a theme of individuation process in the analytical psychology. In the mean time, she grew up with helps of the nature, crane, and ‘Yakwangju’. One day, she was found in the field by the people. They gave her a name of ‘Ohnuri’ and one day, an old wise woman told her how to go to her parents. On her way to the ‘Woencheongang’ where her parents regulate four seasons, she had met many characters which were in stuck. They told willingly Ohnuri a way to go to the ‘Woencheongang’. Instead, they wanted to get solutions of their difficult problems. Finally, she met her parents in the ‘Woencheongang’ with joy and they taught her how to solve problems. Therefore, all characters in this myth could go on their own individuation process fortunately with help of the Whoencheongang’s wisdom. In the meanwhile, Ohnuri got Lotus and Yakwangju and then she transformed to the goddess of the highest of the heavenly gods. Then she had helped people who get in trouble. In this way, the ‘Woencheon Bonpuri’ was psychologically interpreted from aspect of analytical psychology.
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KEYWORD
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Shamanistic myth, Initiation, Individuation process, Archetypal images, Transformation, Woencheongang, Ohnuri, Goddess
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