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Abstract

This Paper aims at the analysis of mythemes of Segyung-bonpuri, the shamanistic myth of Jeju island. The conclusions discussed in this paper are as follows : 1) The accidents that Jachungbi, the heroine of the work, has performed have a symbolic relationship with the death and rebirth. To wear man's costumes as a woman is to kill the female. When she take off the man's costumes, she became a new woman who is mature and have a sexual intercourse with Mundoryoung, It's a rebirth of Jachugbi. Not only she performed the symbolic behaviour of death and rebirth by herself but also showed the supernatural ability to revive of Jeongsunam and Mundoryong who are dead. The cyle of death and rebirth is compared to plant seed in the spring and gather a harvest in the autumn. So the behaviour of Jachungbi shows the cycle of agricultural acts. 2) We can be certain of the shamanistic ideas in the bebaviour of conflict/ solution of Jachungbi. To wear man's costumes is supposed to get the power of transformation. For the journey to the other world, it is well known that the shaman transforms himself into a bird. To get a man's power for the hunting, Jachungbi wears man's costume. Ascending to the heaven of Jachungbi is compared to the journey of shaman to the heaven. We can see the shamanistic Initiation in the act of Jachungbi going across the knife which is laid on the fire. And we can be also certain of the shamanistic traces in the use of flowers which are control key of death and rebirth and irons. So Segyung-bonpuri is a shamanistic agriculture myth.