무당내력의 무속 인식과 서울 천신굿 자료로서의 의의

Abstract

This paper tried to clarify the character of the Musok(Korean Shamanism) data in a book titled Mudangnaeryuk(巫黨來歷, The Origin of Korean Shamanism) and the usefulness of the data in a study of Seoul Gut and Musok with the purpose of proper understanding of Mudangnaeryuk. To grasp the character of Musok data in Mudangnaeryuk, the viewpoint and awareness about Musok of the book were examined. Consequently it became known that the primary concern of Mudangnaeryuk was not to describe the current states of Musok, but to to clear the origin of it. The peculiarity of concern of Mudangnaeryuk for the orgin of Musok is Tangun-Centrism that seeks for the orgin of Musok in Tangun and Singyo. The current states of Musok are criticized for losing and distorting the fundamental features of Musok from the viewpoint in Mudangnaeryuk of emphasizing the original state of Musok. But it does not deny the existence of Musok itself. The peculiarity of the viewpoint about Musok in Mudangnaeryuk is that despite of negative aspects of Musok it links Musok to Tangun. It was ascertained that the data of the book about Seoul Cheonsin Gut were useful for a study of Seoul Gut and Musok. The informations about each process of Seoul Cheonsin Gut are reliable. And it became known by the examination of processes of Seoul Cheonsin Gut in Mudangnaeryuk that the present processes of Seoul Cheonsin Gut were formed recently. In this respect Mudangnaeryuk can be assessed as an important data for grasping of historical changes of Seoul Cheonsin Gut. This paper presumed that Mudangnaeryuk can be considered as a first data viewing newly Musok in connection with Tangun. This assumption may not be realized. But by the only fact that Mudangnaeryuk describes vividly the processes of Seoul Cheonsin Gut through some colorful paintings and writings, it can be assessed as an important data for studying Seoul Gut and Musok.