The Scythian Connection and the Shamanistic Crowns of Ancient Korea

The Scythian Connection and the Shamanistic Crowns of Ancient Korea
Author: Shirley Fish
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2021-08-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1665588748

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The Three Kingdoms Period in Korean history consisted of the kingdoms of Silla, Koguryo and Paekche. It was only the Silla kingdom which seemed to have had a connection to the ancient nomadic Scythians. These people seemed so different from the indigenous inhabitants who were already living in Korea during the 3th to 6th centuries CE. It is the author’s opinion is that they were the descendants of the Scythians – who although they would not have called themselves ‘Scythians,’ they were none the less, the remnant members of nomadic tribes that pushed eastward from Central Asia and Siberia to the Korean peninsula. Once in Southern Korea, they established the Silla kingdom, where their time honored beliefs are depicted in their mound burials, wooden burial chambers, gold crowns, horse riding, and also in their Siberian shamanism. This time period of the gold crowns and the people who produced the royal headgear was the Maripgan Period, and as mentioned, they were the descendants of Scythians who although in Central Asia and Siberia were known to have existed as far back as 10,000 years BC, they were always on the move searching for new pasturelands for their herds or to avoid conflicts and war with their enemies. The Silla crowns were created around the 5th to the 7th centuries in Kyongju, the former capital of the Silla people. When they were discovered in various archaeological mound sites, they were found to be in a highly fragile state. The crowns were each designated as national treasures by the Korean government and most weigh about one kilogram. Some of the crowns came in two parts: an inner gold cap, which may have been covered in silk fabric and sat inside of the crown, and the crown itself. The crowns were totally shamanistic in their symbolism, and represented the belief systems of the Scythians of Central Asia and Siberia, which eventually made its way to Korea and the ancient Kingdom of Silla.

Shamanism

Shamanism
Author: R. W. L. Guisso
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1988
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0895818868

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A series of psychological and anthropological studies about the oldest and the most fascinating religious tradition of Korea.

Korean Shamanistic Rituals

Korean Shamanistic Rituals
Author: Jung Y. Lee
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110811375

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The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

The Assemblage of Korean Shamanism

The Assemblage of Korean Shamanism
Author: Joonseong Lee
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2022-10-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3031110277

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The most unique aspect of Korean shamanism is its mysterious duality that continually reiterates the processes of deterritorialization and reterritorialization. This book approaches that puzzle of mysterious duality using an interdisciplinary lens. Korean shamanism has been under continuous oppression and marginalization for a long time, and that circumstance has never dissipated. Shaman culture can be found in every corner of people’s lives in contemporary Korea, but few acknowledge their indigenous beliefs with pride. This mysterious duality has deepened as the mediatization process of Korean shamanism has developed. Korean shamanism was revived as the dynamic of shamanic inheritance in the process, but these dynamics have also become the object of mockery. For this reason, any true understanding of Korean shamanism rests in how to unravel the unique puzzles of this mysterious duality. In this book, the duality is mapped out by playing with the puzzles surrounding the contextualization of Korean shamanism and mediatization.

Folk Art and Magic

Folk Art and Magic
Author: Alan Carter Covell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1986
Genre: Korea
ISBN:

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Korean Shamanism

Korean Shamanism
Author: Chongho Kim
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Why do Koreans use shamanic ritual even though prejudice against shamanism is universal ? Why do so many Koreans employ a pratice that is widely stigmatised and despised as superstition ?

The Paintings of Korean Shaman Gods

The Paintings of Korean Shaman Gods
Author: Tʻae-gon Kim
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Art, Shamanistic
ISBN: 9781898823773

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"This is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated study of Korean shaman gods to be published in English: it includes 130 full-colour plates of shaman gods, many dating back to the eighteenth century. In addition to the plate section, the volume comprises three texts: An illustrated introductory chapter by Christina Han on shamanism - its origins and its significance in Korea as the most ancient form of spirituality framed by the shaman paintings, followed by two further contextualising essays - 'Reflections on Shaman God Paintings and Shamanism' by Kim Tae-gon, and 'The Shaman God Paintings as an Icon and Its Artistic Qualities' by Bak Yong-suk, both distinguished authorities in the study of Korean shamanism. As well as those specialising in Korean Studies, The Paintings of Korean Shaman Gods will also be welcomed by those with a particular interest in Art History and Cultural and Religious Studies in general."--

Kut, Korean Shamanist Rituals

Kut, Korean Shamanist Rituals
Author: Halla Pai Huhm
Publisher: Weatherhill
Total Pages: 110
Release: 1980
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

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Korean Shamanism is a fascinating subject, a source of Korean culture and arts over many millennia. This book is not, however, a study of Korean Shamanism, but rather limits itself to an attempt to study the dance rituals as performed in the Seoul area. The difference between Shamanistic dance and music, as compared with other folk dances of Korea, is explained here.