인천지역 설화를 통해 본 인천의 지역성 탐색

Abstract

Narratives, the oral literature which was enjoyed by the public, reflect the life style and customs at that time people enjoyed them, which can be said that the narratives of Incheon help us to recognize the locality of Incheon in those times. So the purpose of this study is to find out the locality of Incheon which was embodied in the narratives of Incheon after categorizing the narratives depending on their style of contents. In this study, the narratives are categorized into 5 sections as followings: the one dealing with opening a nation and the progenitor, the one dealing with feng shui, the one dealing with the relocation of the mountain, the one dealing with the inborn infant super-hero, and the one related with the legendary character. In the case of the narrative of opening a nation and its progenitor, the narrative of ‘Michuhol(彌鄒忽)’ by Biryu(沸流) and the narrative of Haum(河陰) Bong(奉) – a family name in Korea – were taken as examples. The narrative of Michuhol by Biryu is, without his heroic actions, regarded as an imperfect one, which seems to result from the concept that Biryu failed to open a new nation. So it is hard to find the clue on the Biryu’s narrative, but the locality of they having been the capital of a nation is now shown as a proud of the region which was shown in Ankwandang(安官堂) narrative in Munhak(文鶴) mountain. Although the narrative of Haum bong was the one related to the progenitor, it can be confirmed that the narrative has its position as a narrative of Incheon due to its containing the narrative motif. The feng shui narratives of Incheon consist of ‘Umteak(陰宅)’ narrative which is choosing the right place of the tomb for their ancestor, ‘Jungdo(定都)’ narratives which is to determine the place of the capital of a nation, and ‘Danhyul(斷血)’ narrative which interrupt the stream of land power. All of these narratives reflects that the narratives believed that the feng shui of Incheon was proper for using it as a foundation for everything. Even though there were some simple structural narratives among the narrative about the relocation of the mountain, almost all the narratives about this topic were related with the foundation of a nation. In some narratives related founding a nation, some mountains stoped floating on the sea, which did not mean that the endeavor of founding a nation failed, but mean that Incheon was the right place to be compared to Seoul when determining the capital of a nation. When it comes to the narrative of the inborn infant heros, the distinguished aspects can be found. While generally, the inborn infant heros who were alive could be found in the isolated region such as the islands, it was found near the center of Incheon. Anyhow, the narrative of infant inborn hero proved to be the failure because the hero finishing his life as a disabled one. It seems that the island around Incheon was considered the region near the Seoul, which led to the failed hero stories. Finally, there are the narratives about Son, Dol(孫乭) and the general Im, Kyung-up(林慶業) in the field of the narratives about the legendary characters. The disaster of Son Dol stands for the antipathy about the lower classes of the people, which means all the disasters were able to be resolved only by the penitence and reflection of the novelty people. Even the general Im, Kyung-up has been worshiped as the major god of those island around the Yeonpyungdo(延坪島), which means that he was symbolized not only as a general who was killed under the false accusation, but also as a helper who kept and guarded his people.