두만강신의 성격과 의미 연구 - 조선족 두만강전설을 대상으로 -

Abstract

Dumangang deity in the legend of Dumangang punishes the evil, defeats the invaders and gives birth to a hero who establishes a new kingdom. The deity also protects the Chosunjok people from the oppression of Chinese ruling class and defends the Chosunjok kingdom against the invasion of other races. Dumangang deity punishes the administrators and the landlords who plunder the poor farmers and peasants. Sometimes the deity warns them by appearing in public and sometimes punishes by killing or transforming them into a rock. The nationality of the people in the folk tales of Chosunjok is not obvious regardless of their positions. When the deity defeats the invaders, it is difficult to identify the nationality of the invaders and the invaded. This shows the author's intention not to make the story racial conflicts between the Chinese and the Chosunjok. The kingdoms which the Dumangang deity kept are Goguryeo, Balhae and Goreo which are not directly connected with the history of the Chosunjok. This means that the Chosunjok think of these kingdoms as their spiritual home. This is a kind of resistance to the racial discrimination of the Chinese who persecuted the Chosunjok on the reason that they lives in other people's country. Dumangang deity gives birth to Lee Sung-gye and Nurhach who are going to establish new Kingdoms. In the folk tale, Lee Sung-gye and Nurhach are the reincarnation of the dragon which is Dumangan deity. This story not only heroizes Lee Sung-gye and Nurhach but also emphasizes the greatness and miracle of the Dumangang deity. Though the two heros are described negatively in Korean folk tale, the Chosunjok describe both of them as heros in the folk tale. That seems to reflect the hope of the Chosunjok who want to live peacefully with the Chinese in China. (Jeonju University)