무속에 나타난 질병관과 치병(治病)의례 유형

Abstract

This article aims to examine the shaman's view of disease, healing rites, and types. In particular, how the disease is viewed in shamanism, and the cause of the disease and the types of healing rites appearing in shamanism are to be understood through shamanism-centered thinking. A disease in Korean shamanism is never an isolated phenomenon, but a symptom of a disaster that befalls the entire village. Therefore, all types of exorcism contribute to warding off disasters, including diseases. When it is judged that disease is caused by a problem in the relationship between the dead and the living, it is self-evident that the goal of shamanism is to restore order between this world and the next world. This is because the healing method of mutual communication and relationship restoration between ancestors and ghosts conforms to the universal view of ghosts and worlds in shamanism. This is confirmed by the fact that the shamanic healing rite does not have a special procedure that is distinguished from other rites, and the specific exorcism is more emphasized in the general exorcism procedure. All the shamanic exorcisms play a role in preventing and curing diseases. So, even if it is a gut that heals a disease, its basic structure and function are not different from that of a general luck gut. In addition to the general exorcism, it is characterized by being added to word of god or witchcraft as a consideration for the individual sick. The reason why exorcism to heal disease is still present is probably because it reflects not only the unique way of thinking of our people but also the universal and primitive way of thinking of mankind.