‘복수(復讐)’의 관점으로 본 <유정승따님애기> 서사 고찰

As I read the general shaman epic of Jeju Island, I think that the narrative of Yoo Jeong-seung's daughter is a different story. In general, Bonpuri often concludes the story with the story of the good man suffering from the evil deed of the evil man and the revenge performed on the evil man. In that it does not take revenge, the narrative of Yoo Jeong-seung's daughter can be said to be a very exceptional setting in Bonpuri, Jeju Island. Using this contrast point as a stepping stone, the meaning of the narrative of Yoo Jeong-seung's daughter was examined.
Shamanism is a realistic religion to live well in the world, and it is a philosophical activity in which humans become one with heaven and earth to create life and culture. Where is revenge located here? Goot, the world of shamanism aims to solve the problems of the present world and further achieve cosmic ideals, but it has not reached the point of generating the ideal relationship between humans, the idea of sacrifice and love.
It should be noted that Yoo Jeong-seung's daughter shaman epic shows that there has been an attempt to overcome multiple stages in Jeju shamanism. A person who suffered from a new disease and died without doing anything wrong saves another person who has nothing to do with it, and he gives up his life and becomes a shaman. Being a shaman is to save others. It contains the idea of giving oneself away to save others.
Jeju Island is an island, so cultural development was relatively slow in the past. Most of the revenge stories in Bonpuri would have reflected the reality of Jeju residents. As history and culture progressed, society did not allow personal revenge. It was handed over to society to deal with individual revenge. Jeju Island was ruled by Joseon, but personal revenge may have become more prevalent than the rule of law. In the meantime, the story of the daughter of Yoo Jeong-seung’s daughter and the story of the baridegi are narratives that tell sacrifices, not revenge. The idea of saving others at the expense of oneself appeared in common in human groups moving toward civilization. It is understood that the story of the daughter of Yoo Jeong-seung's daughter originated in this process. Although Confucianism and Buddhist ethics were replaced by the East Asian civilization, it is meaningful to show that this process took place in Jeju Island.