한국과 중국의 할미해신 비교연구

Abstract

Korean old sea goddess and Chinese old sea goddess should be studied in an aspect of East-Asian Sea Silk Road. The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy (Kwanum Bosal) from Bota mountain came to the coast of Gwannam from South India through the Sea of Dongjina (South Sea of China). The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy from the south was a combination of vishnu of Hindu and Kwanum Bosal of Esoteric Buddhism and was assumed to came to the mountain Bota. Its hinduistic aspect is that it is a Dango (a small old woman) and jumps from one island to another in three steps. The Esoteric Buddhism of the Sea from the Sea of Donjina met Chinese traditional belief around Bota mountain and combined with Mago in Cheontae Mountain which was developed around the coast of Jeojang-seong and a belief in Kwanum. it became the Giant Halmi Haesin and came to the south east coast of Korean Peninsula. Vishnu who invented the universe in three steps incarnated as Kwanum then Dango Halmi (old woman) and combined with Mago in Cheontae Mountain. It finally became the Giant Halmi Haesin. The Giant Halmi Haesin came to Korean Peninsula through Sadan Sea Route and became Kaeyang Halmi in Beonsan Peninsula and Seonmoondae Halmang (old woman) in Hanla Mountain. Baeku Kwanum Bosal (The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy in white clothes) in Bota Mountain incarnated as Kaeyang Halmi and Mago Halmi in Cheontae Mountain aged and became Seonmoondae Halmang. The origin of Mago Halmi of Korea is the giant Kwanum Bosal in Bota Mountain and Mago in Cheontae Mountain in China. Kaeyang Halmi and Seonmoondae Halmang are the old sea goddesses from Sadan Sea Route between Bota Mountain in China and southeast coast in Korean Peninsula.