‘선녀결연 설화’의 유형과 전승 양상 - 中․韓 <견우와 직녀>와 <나무꾼과 선녀>를 중심으로

Abstract

Both in Korea and China, there is a custom of July 7 in the lunar calendar, or Qixi, and its fairy-tale that has been passed on orally. Through the world, there are "Swan-maiden Tales"-type-stories; The Angel(Young goddess) and the woodcutter tale represents that of Korea, and there are many types of tales in China. Such being the case, in this paper it goes by the name of "The Angel and the woodcutter tale." In China, there are two types of tales relating "July 7 in the lunar calendar", and one of them is similar to the tale of "Gyonu and Jingnyo." The love story between the two who are destined to meet each year on the 7th of the 7th lunar month"(The Double-Seventh Day). The story is, however, about to vanish. Another type of is the tale is "Niu Lang (Cowherd) and a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid)" which is a combination of the two stories of "Gyonu and Jingnyo" and that of "The Angel and the woodcutter."On the contrary, in Korea, the upper-mentioned two fairy-tales exist separately respectively, the two stories of "Gyonu and Jingnyo" and that of "The Angel and the woodcutter." That is, there is no type of the combination of the two stories. In China, there are three-type-of tale, namely, "Gyonu and Jingnyo" and that of "The Angel and the woodcutter, and its combination form as well. The combination is said to have been the universal stories of "The Four Legendary Tales." The tales of every three types is the one motivated by the twinning of the man and young goddess. This paper is to explore the characteristic of the transmission of the tales by comparing the transmitting procedures of the tales of Korea and China respectively. In so doing, the paper is to exploit the inevitability suggesting that the tale of "Niu Lang and Zhi Nu" has been developped into universal stories in China.