제주 돌문화공원에서 '설문대할망'의 소환

Abstract

This research is a study on the interactions between tales of Seolmundae Halmang (Granddmother Seolmundae) and stone figures of the character in Garden of Myth, the first course of Jeju Stone Park. It aims to reveal the characteristics of sense of place and sense of spirit which the Park offers to visitors. For the purpose of the study, I divide the elements of the park into two components, stories and stone figures or language and nature and exam each contexts. The contexts of Seolmundae Halmang stories are various type of the tales and the contexts of Seolmundae Halmang stone figures are Tamramoksukwon. This paper will develope possible alternative methods of making the Garden of Myth in Jeju Stone Park. First, the Seolmundae Halmang tales can be classified into ‘being’ type and ‘doing’ type (and this type is divided into ‘creative’ and ‘tragic’ dong). The stories have mythical, legendary and playful characteristics. Jeju Stone Park selected the tragic stories among the types for the garden. The Park inherited the stone figures from Tamramoksukwon where the figures had delivered concrete and daily stories which are not found in the Jeju Stone Park. As the result, the Seolmundae Halmang character has the images of Grandmother without the creativity of daily life in Garden of Myth. Visitors can be moved by Halmang’s sincere maternity. The maternity is sense of spirit which is provided by the producer of the park and sense of place which visitors can catch. But I think the fictions of maternity cannot reveal the peculiarity of Jeju island. The local identity can be fulfilled by representing multifaceted features of Seolmundae Halmang.