퇴계 이황 설화 출생담의 특징 연구

Abstract

This study has an intention of examining the birth-folk tale of Yi Hwang in tales. Toegye’s birth-folk tale in narrative literature has a different characteristic and plot. In the result of analyzing two literary tales, the writer confirmed that both tales focused on explaining the reason of Yi Hwang’s eminent ability. The stage of showing the unusual talent from the mysterious birth-folk tale or the process of study was omitted and paying tribute didn’t appear. It explains how the great scholar like Yi Hwang could be born and the birth-folk tale of Yi Hwang has a characteristic of ‘explaining-ability tale’. But unlike this, Yi Hwang’s birth-folk tale of the orally tales appeared in various way, it had a simple episode and the connection of construction was weak. Overall, Yi Hwang’s birth was connected to feng shui about a lot for an ancestor’s cemetery and house. Two narrative tales of precognitive dream about Yi Hwang were confirmed and works that birth was mentioned were seen here and there. It has an aspect that the birth-folk tale combines with feng shui. This is the result of reflecting a popular belief that a great people born into the best of place. The birth-folk tale of Yi Hwang appeared repeatedly with the same or similar motive and produced the second or third similar story. The key points of narration that emphasized in general were feng shui and the birth of Yi Hwang and it achieved the empathy of narration readers and has been passed down with the repeated changes. This means that practical consciousness of transmission group is strongly reflected. As a result, tales about Toegye haven’t changed into the biography tale and have been passed down as works with reasonable and practical.