gawp

{{Short description|Concept in Jeju Island shamanism}}

{{Italic title}}{{wiktionary|ᄀᆞᆸ}}

Gawp (Jeju: {{lang|jje|ᄀᆞᆸ}}) is a cosmological concept in Jeju Island shamanism referring to the divide between heaven and earth, humans and non-humans, and the living and the dead.{{sfn|Kim S.|2011|pp=79-81}}

  • In the Jeju creation myth, a gawp between heaven and earth is said to be created from the original mingled state of the universe. Later, the god Daebyeol-wang creates a gawp between humans and non-humans when he numbs the tongues of animals, plants, and rocks so that they can no longer speak, and physically separates the living from the dead.{{sfn|Kim S.|2011|pp=79-81}}
  • In the Buldo-maji, a series of rituals held for fertility gods, shamans (simbang) create a gawp between Saengbul-halmang, the goddess of childbirth and patron of young children, and Gusamseung-halmang, the goddess of dead children who send illnesses to kill babies and bring them under her dominion.{{sfn|Kang J.|2015}}
  • In the Durin-gut, a ritual held to cure mental illnesses, shamans endeavor to create a gawp between the human patient and the malevolent dokkaebi that has entered their body and is responsible for the insanity.{{sfn|Ko K.|Kang J.|2006|p=23}}

References

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=Works cited=

  • {{cite book

| author = 강정식 (Kang Jeong-sik)

| title = Jeju Gut Ihae-ui Giljabi

| script-title = ko:제주굿 이해의 길잡이

| trans-title = A Primer to Understanding Jeju Ritual

| publisher = Minsogwon | year = 2015 | isbn = 9788928508150

| series = Jeju-hak Chongseo

| url = http://www.kyobobook.co.kr/product/detailViewKor.laf?ejkGb=KOR&barcode=9788928508150

| access-date = July 11, 2020

| ref = {{harvid|Kang J.|2015}}

}}

  • {{cite book

| author1 = 고광민 (Ko Kwang-min)

| author2 = 강정식 (Kang Jeong-sik)

| editor = National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage

| title = Jeju-do Chuneun-gut

| script-title = ko:제주도 추는굿

| trans-title = The Dancing Ritual of Jeju Island

| publisher = Pia | year = 2006 | isbn = 89-86148-28-5

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PkAzAQAAIAAJ

| access-date = July 28, 2020

| ref = {{harvid|Ko K.|Kang J.|2006}}

}}

  • {{cite journal

| author = 김선희 (Kim Sun-hee)

| title = 'Bepo-doeop-chim'-ui changjo-sinhwa-jeok seonggyeok

| script-title = ko:「베포도업침」의 창조신화적 성격

| trans-title = The nature of the Bepo-doeop-chim as a creation myth

| journal = Yeongjueomun | issn = 1598-9011 | volume = 22

| year = 2011 | pages = 61–90

| url = https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART001576913

| access-date = June 8, 2020

| ref = {{harvid|Kim S.|2011}}

}}

Category:Korean shamanism

Category:Culture of Jeju Province

Category:Jeju mythology