Abstract
I would like to re-examine the meaning of the entire myth focusing on the last part of Hamheung 〈Changsega〉. Considering this last part, I think the meaning of this myth can be more new.
Maitreya, who prepared the human world, have gone because of the evil Buddha. This myth can be understood as a myth that raises the question of how humans should live in a world where Maitreya has left. This is the same as the story of Genesis" Garden in Western Christianity. It consists of three stages: (1) the world of Maitreya/ Garden of Eden, (2) the temptation of evil sakyamuni/Snake, (3) the world where Maitreya has left/the exile of Eden. In other words, the story consists of losing the world of the sacred and being deported to the world of the profane. Both are myths that reveal that humans know the world of the sacred, but have to live in the world of the inside.
The ending is that two out of three thousand refuse to eat and leave to become saints. The two want to restore Maitreya"s world, the holy world again. The two want to restore Maitreya"s world, the holy world again. But the world of the sacred can"t actually be inhabited by humans in it. Not everyone can live like a monk. But two of them symbolize that the world of the sacred should not be forgotten.
Hwajeon Nori, which goes out of its daily life and goes to the mountains to spend the day with nature, serves as a mediator between the world of sacred that Maitreuk taught and the world of profane which Maitre has left. Hwajeon nori serves as a ritual to evoke the world of sacred and confirm ourselves that we live without forgetting the world of sacred. I explained that living without forgetting the value of this sacred is a myth that tells us the way of human life.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Sacred and the Profane in the Hamheung Shamanic Genesis 〈ChangSeGa〉 |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 127-148 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | 한국무속학 |
| Issue number | 44 |
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| State | Published - Feb 2022 |