「高麗世系」에 나타난 始祖神話의 性格과 文學史的 意味

Abstract

「Korye Seygyey」 is of a myth in which WangGen's ancestors whose behaviors are mysterious and strange are dealt with. This paper, focusing on the ancestors' behaviors of WangGen based on the duality, e.g., the traditional religions and Feng-Shui, claims that 「Korye Seygyey」 is not about the birth myth of the nation, but about the progenitor myth and observes its meaning in the history of literature. The sacred weddings of WangGen's ancestors are combine into the traditional religions. The weddings are presented as the aspects such as Hokyeng's 「Earth man and Ghost woman」, Cakceygen's 「Earth man and Water woman」, and Poyuk․Cinuy․Yonggen's 「Man and Woman」. And the weddings are closely related the religious ideal of deifying the ancestors and, consequently, are connected into the births of the founders of the nation. The continuing occupation of the ideal areas based upon Feng Shui is associated with the necessity of the sacred space and ultimately the birth of the founder of the nation who unifies the Three Countries of Korea, Silla, Paycey, and Kokwurye. The myths of Korye, which have the dualistic characteristics e.g. ‘the sacred weddings and the pluralistic religions’, and ‘the sacred spaces and Feng Shui’, have the progenitor myths in common with 「Thalhay Myth」, 「The Narration of Setong」, 「The Story of King Wenseng」 and 「Yong- pi-e-chen-ka」. As a result, 「Korye Seygyey」 is a work which succeeds the narrative tradition of the progenitor myth and not a work which is converted into the birth myths of nations.