일반논문: 朝鮮初 濟州 <三姓神話>의 문자화 양상과 그 의미

Abstract

In early time of the Joseon Dynasty, a myth of Jeju island had been lettered by various versions. The samseong shinhwa(三姓神話 The myth of the three surnames.) has three versions. This paper investigates the differences among each versions and seeks to understand the reasons why was the myth lettered by various versions in the same period. The three extant versions of this myth which known its writer and its lettered time, are the rendition recorded in the Koryeosa(高麗史 The History of Koryeo), the official history of the Koryeo Dynasty complied in the Joseon Dynasty, and the Seosemun(序世文), the rendition in the genealogy of the Ko family of Jeju, and the SeongjuKossijeon(星主高氏傳) written by Jeong I-o, a government official of Joseon. They show differences each other in some aspects. For example, the foundation motif is only in the Seosemun(序世文). In The SeongjuKossijeon(星主高氏傳), the divinity of this myth is very weakend. The Seosemun(序世文) and the rendition in the Koryeosa(高麗史), see the myth as historial facts. As a result, the three versions of this myth have the different mythological meanings each other. This myth of Seosemun(序世文) is the foundation myth of Tamna(耽羅 the kingdom of Jeju island) and points up the founder who is the ancestor of Ko family. The rendition in the Koryeosa(高麗史) tells the divine origin of Jeju, but it doesn't admit the kingdom of Jeju and the Ko family as its ruler. It see the myth just as a sacred tale in Jeju. The SeongjuKossijeon(星主高氏傳) see the myth as the origin story of the Ko family of Jeju which is the porvinces of Joseon Dynasty. In early time of the Joseon Dynasty, the Jeju lost its political status as a independent kingdom and was located on the political margin of the Joseon dynasty which had appeared as the political center. The rewritings of the samseong shinhwa(三姓神話) of Jeju, show clearly that political intentions are expesed in the form of myth discourses.