#korean shaman

[sioma709iie]

Morty (Matsuba) as a Korean shamanist

He pulls off the look quite well :^]

[sunwhashaman]

<Prayer>

Might you not seen them, It will be always there

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As a daughter of Mokosh, maiden of Kostroma, and a mudang, artist, lover, wife, a friend. For those who seek the answer about their life, I pray myself today again.

Such a hard things that you got that all responsibilities, and yet its such an honor, and a gift from the gods. They guide us, to Understand who i am, being brave in this world, helping to be a gudiance of people, and the spirits and souls. The bridge of the heaven and people. I reassuring deeply today and moving on again.

And i am grateful that i they give such a talent of drawing in to a page. sometimes its not enough with sentences. Art showing many more things we cannot feel. I hope i can draw more of them i saw, i felt in the canvas in the future.

Shrine Haewolwha, shaman Sunwha 2023.6

[jareckiworld]

Hyon Gyon — Aching Soul (acrylic, oil and metal leaf, on canvas, 2017)

[without-ado]

A Ghost Day l Min HyunWoo l Contemporary Korean dance

[artistic-harlom-world]

What I'm cooking rn? definitely something soon ofc for all you RC9GN fans there! sorta 3rd season type of AU, with new Stuff coming soon!

[53rdcenturyhero]

MASH S5. ep .12. Exorcism

The priestess is a mudang shaman. Her attire and dance are real. My guess is that she wasn’t credited because she was not an actress. Southern California has many Koreans who follow the ancient ways and it’s not implausible that they asked permission for a real one. Her dance is probably a dodanggut which removes evil spirits and protects a community (and would be appropriate to bless the set where M*A*S*H was filmed in reality, not just the compound in the show).

Klinger might be interested in the fact that these shamans cross-dress because they embody both male and female deities. I would love to know what inspired Jay Folb to write this episode, which covers the folkloric link between what we think of as superstitions and traditional beliefs.

Bluejay Young blog reply on MASH4077TV.COM which is a greatly helpful add-on to the site post.

Credit this ep for my lifelong study of comparative religions. Each plot event and dialogue in it is a teaching and learning point with absolutely nothing wasted.

[ceiling-karasu]

I was discussing Korean shamanism with @agotia-t after they introduced Hanbam, and this encouraged me to finally draw my White-Naped Crane shaman OC, Chongsu (link to months old post here), as I said I eventually would. I have briefly included her in The Rod that Blocks the Lightning (here, about 2/3rds of the way through the chapter), as well.

She participates in the spiritual and medicine making practices of the mudang, while avoiding the performances of the kisaeng path.

Here is an example of one of her gutdang worship rooms, in which she would perform sacred ceremonies.

Generations past, a Joseon style caste system was kept in place with the help of the spiritual priest class, mudang shamans with a mixture of Confucianism and Buddhism, enjoying many luxuries and power in their caste high above most other species.

In the current day of the AU, generations after the former kings and caste systems were overthrown, the scars still remain (ex. Weasels thinking they are superior to smaller species and the squirrels needing to be reminded that they are allowed to join the soldier hedgehogs).

The White-Naped cranes spiritual practices, and preference towards the old caste system, have fallen out of favor with the general populace of Flower Hill. It is, however, very popular with the Weasels, who still hold that they are superior to the smaller animals. Many shaman leave Flower Hill to join the weasels to provide spiritual practices, something Flower Hill cannot stop due to migration permits.

Chongsu is based on a mudang shaman whose bloodline supposedly ties back the strongest to Sungmo, the mother of all shaman priestesses. Which makes her a sort of community elder despite her young age, as well as her constant mysterious illnesses.

She is a young crane, who lives in Flower Hill, too sickly to make the annual migration to Teikoku (Japan), like most of the White-Napes cranes. She and her followers assist in making medicine for the troops. Her biggest wish and command is for all species to get along with each other in harmony. What she does not realize, is that as the ‘supreme leader,’ this could possibly be misinterpreted as a command for her followers to reinstate the caste system, by any means possible, which could even mean teaming up with weasel, wolf, or tiger leaders, who also wish to return to the caste system and crush all underfoot.

In real life, white named cranes are unusual in that they primary live in the demilitarized zone of North Korea, but migrate to Japan. Shaman still exist in Korea to this day (participating in spiritual/healing leaders, fortune telling, and entertainment such as with the kisaeng), but are sometimes treated with suspicion, especially in North Korea, due to many of them, especially the kisaeng (who the Japanese troops found similar to geisha, apparently according to reports), siding with the Japanese during the invasions. As a result, the distrust and semi discrimination the Flower Hill commanders hold for Chongsu, is a hint that all is not absolutely perfect in Flower Hill.

[neo-zone]

There are total three major possession scenes of Bong-gil in the movie, but this one, this one creeped me out the most. Shout out to Lee Do-hyun's top tier level of acting

[assmaster-8000]

this is my oc's legacy

[quibbs126]

So like, are we not talking about the whole “Longan Dragon canonically being a parent, with their hatchlings being the enemies we see in the final stage of Lustrous Longan Palace” thing that happened? Because I feel like this isn’t being discussed much, at least not over here

Images from Twitter I got this morning regarding this whole thing if that helps context

Edit: for further notice, this has been proven false and there were more messages, we now know that the two guards are simply Longan’s underlings, not hatchlings. Sorry, I probably should have updated when we got that info, I was just too lazy to

[chaoticpersontale]

EXHUMA

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

HOLD TF ONNNNN so you are telling me... Chae Gook Hee, the woman that played Sun Nyeo/The shaman lady on Squid Game 2 was THEE Chae Shi Ra's sister all along??? WHAT????? THEE DIVA OF THE 90S AND THE DIVA OF SQUID GAME WERE SISTERS???

OH HELL YESSSSS THEY AREEE

Shi Ra & Gook Hee

Also they've acted in the same drama "The King And The Queen" - albeit not on screen together - and Gook Hee has received numerous offers to play Shi Ra's sister or friend, she has refused because she would feel pressured to act with her sister, who really has excelled as an actress. Fair enough tbh, since Gook Hee debuted in musicals and the stage and Shi Ra went the classic magazine model - CF model - high teen actress - talent route. The two sisters have gone two different paths and it's only fair to respect it. But that's so so cool that they are sisters!!! LIKEEEEE

[badassbutterfly1987]

Makt and religion

Okay so this post by @ravencromwell and reblogs have inspired more thoughts:

Much like Red London, White London doesn't seem to have a specific religion aside from arguably their (complicated in White's case) relationship with magic. But we do get a couple interesting references to crows and I think there is specifically an instance of "for crow's sake" where we might reference God or a god.

The lack of capitalization (and general lack of named deities) suggests this isn't a relic of a specific Crow god worship but that crows in general had some religious or symbolic importance. The other big reference to Maktahn mythology is the Someday King who, while definitely a Messiah figure, is still framed as a human savior; in Threads Holland is specifically acknowledged as a Saint they are praying to, mimicking his sacrifice with the bloodletting to encourage the return of magic.

There is also the unknown factor of if this had been the official/organized religion of Makt at its peak or if this has been consistently a religious minority. Considering the general state of White London, there isn't an organized religion within the city and maybe not even more than remnants of structured faith with smaller communities.

So maybe not just paganism in the way we usually think of it but more in line with animism and shamanism. Maybe magic itself was worshipped and this extended to natural creatures and landmarks (the reference to crows, the Silver Woods being called a holy place by Holland) as physical forms magic could take. Something that's been reduced to a small community of active worshippers and just references/figures of speech for the others.

Something closely connected to bloodletting (and up to human sacrifice) as a ritual, something Holland does on his own in the Silver Woods before meeting Vortalis. Which would make Kosika leading a similar ritual in Threads as her taking on the role of a shaman or priestess. Good for her!

[jareckiworld]

Hyon Gyon — Nobody Cares About Your Misery (wooden sculpture and mixed media, 2018)

[ooahanjs]

Cursed by Love: The Story of a Broken Spirit

What else is there to say in this world, besides hurling curses? I asked myself that question. Having lost everything, all that remained was anger, despair, and an endless stream of profanity. “18! Damn witch!” That was the nickname I gave myself—a woman too despicable to live. No, in truth, I deserved to die. A lunatic like me had no right to exist. I had willingly hurled myself into the…

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Café Minamdang (2022) | South Korean Drama