<저승차사가 데리러 온 여자> 노래의 특징과 의미 -<애운애기>, <허웅애기> 노래의 관계를 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper investigated characteristics and meaning of the song "A woman who the messenger from the world of the Dead call for". As the result of investigation, 22 items performed by women were found. They could be classified into three kinds; 1) folk ballad: A begging woman when the messenger from the world of the Dead call for her, 2) shaman's narrative song: A woman who return to this world from the world of the Dead through begging, 3) the mixed one of 1) the folk ballad and 2) the shaman's narrative song. The folk ballad 1) have been transmitted in the Honam and the Yeongnam District. The shaman's narrative song 2) have been transmitted in Jeju Island. 3) also have been transmitted in Jeju Island. The folk ballad 1) have been sung weaving and weeding. The shaman's narrative song 2) have been performed in the rituals. The song 3) have been transformed by mixing 1) and 2). The 1) focused on this world, i.e. the realistic point, the 2) focused on the world of the dead, i.e. the unrealistic point and the 3) focused on both world, both points. The shaman's narrative song 3) have been created and transmitted in the close relation with the folk ballad. This shows that the shaman's narrative song and the folk ballad have been transmitted through the give-and-take of influence each other. We should investigate the transmission aspects and relation of the folk ballad and the shaman's narrative song more precisely.