‘신화연구’에 나타난 여성신(女性神) ‘창출’의 구조 - 아버지(父親) 부정의 문화사 검토

Abstract

This essay starts from following two fundamental doubts. First, why heros’ ‘father figure’has hardly been studied unlike the vigorous research of heros’ mother figure in the myth?Second, current research methodology of myth or history has been focusing on examining pre-historic images based on the description in the myths, which I cast doubt on whether it is still valid. Considering these problems, I tried to prove that the myth of ‘matriarchy’ is a part of ‘myth’, which analysis prospect of ‘modern nation’ has created, through analyzing literature itself. For example, how goddess was created on a certain theoretical background and the fact that it was actually not the mother figure but heros’ father who was isolated and denied in the texts were main argues that I suggested. As a result, the model ‘matriarchal society’ that has controled the field of myth research in Korea can be criticized for shallow analysis of myth texts. It is more reasonable to say that the concept of ‘matriarchy’ preceded even before the text analysis and the texts were used for justifying the concept. Even if we agreed that matriarchal society actually existed before, not father figure but mother figure should be denied because of the fact that new authority is born from the negation of the old power. It can be diagnosed that myth research in Korea has continued its step based on two axises: ‘matriarchal society’ assumption that of Bachofen and the study of Mishina Akihide(三品彰英) which used Bachofen’s theory to explain the developing stages of Korean ancient culture. The myth texts in Korean research field keep isolated under this circumstance, which should be the urgent task for the researchers in Korea to challenge.