마을우주와 신화적 세계관 : 마을 단위의 신화적 전승을 중심으로

서지정보

ㆍ발행기관 : 한국구비문학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : 구비문학연구
ㆍ저자명 : 천혜숙

목차

1. 머리말
2. 마을 공동체의 신화적 전승들
2.1. 마을의 洪水 또는 行舟에 대한 신화적 기억
2.2. 마을의 자연 또는 문화적 질서에 대한 시원적 인식
2.3. 마을의 神界와 당신의 신화들
2.4. 마을의 신성공간에 대한 인식
3. 맺음말

한국어 초록

한국의 마을은 혈연 또는 지연을 바탕으로 그 공동체적 동질성을 유지해 온 사회적 단위이다. 그 구성원들은 마을을 둘러싸고 있는 자연과 목초지나 수리시설 등의 생활조건 뿐 아니라 마을 특유의 역사적 경험을 공유한다. 그리고 무엇보다 마을은 생업을 중심으로 묶여 있다. 따라서 그들의 생업여건에 적응하고 공동체 단위의 생활을 조화롭게 하기 위한 여러 가지 사회조직과 협업체계들이 발달하였고 그러한 조직과 관행들이 마을을 유지하는 문화적 기반이 되었다.

영어 초록

A village community usually has its own tales of origin and sacred objects related with its surrounding nature, culture, and history, just as the people of a country has their own myth of origin. The myths of a village community are likely to represent the spiritual essence of the village people and their epistemological pattern toward their micro universe, the village they live in.

Many tales found in A Collection of Korean Oral Literature(󰡔한국구비문학대계󰡕), which have been collected throughout the country, deal with the questions of village origins and sacred objects. The questions posed in the tales are: (1) What is the origin of the village? (2) How the surrounding nature was created? (3) How the farm land was created? The answers most commonly found in the stories are: (1) A village was originated from a mountain peak which remained after a deluge or a ship which had been floating during a flood. (2) The surrounding nature was created when it was carried to the vicinity during flood. Or it was created by the deity Mago, a grandmother like figure. (3) The farm land was made by a dragon ascending to heaven. In addition to these motifs, the tales show that the people of a village have common memories of the village founder or the guardian deity. They also have a common interest in making the sacred objects in the village.

This study provides some foundations to start discussing village mythology by providing a basis in such elements as the symbols of flood or ship, the concepts of diety Mago, the Dragon diety, and other guardian dieties, and some signs of sacred places within a village.

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