origin of good

 

- Gut is the identity of our nation.

 

The dictionary meaning of exorcism is to collectively refer to a ritual of a new god presided over by a shaman based on primitive religious ideas. In other words, a shamanic ritual in which a shaman invites, receives, and sends out a god is called exorcism.

 

Good is such a good word that there is a word good in English. Every good day becomes 'good day 365'. God of God in English also comes from gut.

The form of exorcism is slightly different depending on the region, but the meaning and purpose pursued by exorcism is the same. Gut is the crystallization of our identity, expressing our nation's politics, economy, history, religion, philosophy, ideology, and overall culture.

 

Exorcism instills the emotions necessary for humans to live in this era, borrows the form of exorcism, and has lived with the common people, wishing for the well-being and prosperity of individuals, villages, and countries.

 

Gut is a festival that plays a positive social role by resolving (reconciling) conflicts and antagonisms between people who are oppressed by reality and neighbors and restoring homogeneity to pray for the development of the village with one mind (解寃相生). say

In the 19th century, exorcism, which contains the national spirit, has been dismissed as superstition, belittled, and excluded due to the influence of foreign religions and records that have been judged by others' eyes, minds, and standards. We lost our minds.

The beginning of the exorcism can be said to be when King Hanung built a small island under Sindansu in Taebaeksan Mountain and held ancestral rites for the three gods. At the time of the ceremony, it can be thought that he wanted to teach the three gods by performing a large movement, that is, dancing.

There are few records of gut, so it is difficult to say when it started. As for the religious rites handed down in the literature, ceremonies such as Yeonggo of Buyeo, Yeongdong of Goguryeo, and Mucheon of Gojoseon can be seen as a form of exorcism.

 

Gut can be inferred to have originated from ancestral rites to communicate with the sky during the reigns of King Hanung and King Dangun. Therefore, he must have read many ancestral rites (compilations), communicated what he wanted with great gestures, and tried to receive instruction.

 

There is a saying, “The one holding the oxtail is the owner”. This would mean that the person holding the tail of the ox at that time was the king. There are records to support this statement.

 

旄旄牛尾 舞者所持以指麾 <康熙字典>

 

This horse is the tail of a white, long-haired cow. It is said that the dancer holds it and shakes it. It is a record that the shaman held a ancestral rite and shook the mother-in-law's cow by the tail. With this record, we can imagine the original form of exorcism. And it is also known that Moura offered a white cow when offering heavenly sacrifices.

 

Even now, shamans dance by tying a long piece of cloth to the end of a fan during gut. This form can be seen as a handed down image of the time when dancing with a white iron tail.

The pungmul troupe is led by the sangsoe. As a symbol of the head, only a hat is worn on top. Other pungmul troupes spin yarn by attaching chaesang to their hats.

 

In addition, there is a record that it was always performed on a hill during exorcism and danced with an ox tail raised.

 

丘非人爲之曰丘 丘前高後下旄 <康熙字典>

 

The hill for the gods is called 丘. The hill is high in the front and low in the back.

It is recorded that a mo (ox tail flag) was always inserted into the blood cell during the ancestral rites at the time. The custom of pinning this head still exists. When performing an exorcism, put seorihwa in the rice cake siru, or make a large bongjukhwa or seorihwa during a village exorcism. This custom influenced Buddhism and led to the erection of flagpole supports in temples.

 

There is also a record that the shaman danced.

 

女能事無形 而舞降神者也 象人兩袂舞形’ <說文解字>

 

This record shows that the shamans performed gut while dancing in long-sleeved clothes, reminiscent of current shamans performing gut.

Mucheon (舞天), which began in the Dangun era of the Joseon Dynasty and continued with <Ye>, means dancing toward the sky. Yeonggo (迎鼓) of Buyeo means greeting by beating a drum, and dongmaeng (東盟) of Goguryeo can be seen as an oath to restore the sea with the blood of animals toward the eastern sky.

 

If you connect these rites, you can see that the gods of the sky and the earth were greeted by performing ancestral rites, beating drums and dancing in the East.

A synthesis of these rituals is the ritual of enshrining the sun, moon, and stars in the shaman's Naerimgut.

In other words, it is an exorcism that worships the sun, moon, and stars as gods.

 

In the 『Shamanism History』 of Nangok(蘭谷) of the Joseon Dynasty, it is recorded that Dangun is first served during exorcism. Dangun was the supreme deity enshrined in exorcism, a shamanic ritual at the time. The current form of exorcism is probably a intensively transformed form of the form of ancestral rites of the Palga tribe in the Tangun era.