Glossary of Terms in Korean Shamanism
Shaman Sword Dance, from the painting 쌍검대무 雙劍對舞 by Shin Yun-bok (Hyewon 1758–1813)
An Manshin Appointed Manshin (안만신)
Anje Offering made inside the house (안제)
Anjeun-buri Seated spirits of the household
Antaek-gosa Gosa for household tranquility (안택고사)
Bae-gosa Fishing boat blessing ritual, conducted by an individual other than a Mudang (배고사)
Bae-yeonshin-gut Ceremony for good fishing, Western sea coast region (배연신굿)
Baksu mudang Male shaman (박수 무당)
Bari-Gongju Princess Spirit (바리공주)
Bonghyang Sanshin Mountain God of one's ancestral home (봉향산신)
Bujeok Talisman, amulet, protective charm (부적, 符籍)
Buri Ancestral spirits of the household
Byeolbi Small amounts of money offered to shaman or spirits during a gut (별비)
Byeolsang Messenger God (also Byeolseong) (별상, 별성)
Byeolsang Mama Smallpox spirit (also Byeolseong Mama) (별상마마)
Byeolshin-gut Community-sponsored shaman ritual (별신굿)
Byeonso-Gakssi Toilet Maiden Goddess (변소 각씨)
Changbu Daeshin Clown God 창부대신 (Protector of performers and entertainers), also called Changbussi (창부씨, 昌夫氏)
Chilseong Seven Stars Spirit (칠성, 七星)
Chilseong-maji Ritual honoring Chilseong on lunar 7.7 (칠성마지)
Daegam Officer God (대감, 大監)
Daeshin-halmeoni Great Spirit Grandmother God (대신할머니)
Daeshin Daegam Great Spirit Official God (대신대감)
Daewang King God (대왕, 大王)
Daewang-gut Ceremony to honor the King Deity (대왕굿)
Danggol, Dan'gol Hereditary Shaman(당골, 단골); also a regular client of a specific Shaman
Dangsan-namu Village Spirit Tree (당산나무)
Dodang Community Tutelary Spirit (도당)
Dodang-gut Ceremony for the Community Tutelary Spirit (도당굿)
Dokkaebi Daegam Goblin Official God (도깨비 대감)
Donghae Byeolshin-gut East coast ceremony for good fishing (동해별신굿)
Dongja Spirit of a dead child (동자신령)
Dongje Offering ceremony for the village tutelary spirit (동제)
Dongja-Byeonsang Child Messenger Spirit (also Dongja-Byeolseong) (동자별성)
Dongne Halmeoni Neighborhood Grandmother God (동네 할머니)
Domu Jumping dance characteristic of shamans
Dwitjeon Final segment of a Gut
Gage-Daegam Shop Official God
Gamang Underworld Guard
Gangshin-mu Spirit-possessed shaman, "destined" mudang (강신무; 降神巫)
Geollip Grain God
Geori Individual sections of a shaman ritual
Geori-hong'aek Red disaster of the road
Geunjul Straw rope with white paper streamers used to mark off sacred places (근줄)
Giu-je Ritual for rain (기우제)
Go-in Ritual accompanist
Gongsu Possession speech of a Mudang (공수), communication from the spirits
Gosa Ritual offering, household blessing ceremony (고사, 告祀)
Gun'ung-Daegam Military Official God (군웅대감, 軍雄大監)
Gut Most elaborate type of shaman ritual (굿)
Gutdang Shamanic ritual hall (굿당)
Gwancheong-gut Gut to purify or exorcise a public building (관청굿)
Gwishin Ghost, lesser spirits (귀신)
Gwishin Jeomjaengi Spirit medium (귀신점쟁이)
Haengju Mullim Opening sequence of a gut
Haesan'gwi Ghost of a woman who died in childbirth (해산귀신, also Haesan-gi 해산기)
Han Unrequited resentments, lingering grudge
Hoeshimgok Song of lament (회심곡)
Hogu Mama Smallpox goddess (호구마마)
Hwanja-gut Healing gut (환자굿)
Hwaraengi Term for a male shaman
Iptaek-gosa Blessing ceremony for a new house (입택고사)
Jaesu-gut Gut for good fortune and prosperity, for individuals, families, or communities (재수굿)
Jakdu Straw cutter blades, that Manshin stand on barefooted (작두)
Janggun Martial God, "General" (장군, 將軍)
Japgwi Earth-bound wandering spirits
Jejang Deified ancestral spirits, or spirits of generals who have died in battle
Jeom Divination, fortune-telling
Jeomjaengi Fortune teller
Jesa Ritual offering for ancestors (제사, 祭祀)
Jeseok Birth Grandmother Spirit (along with Samsin)
Jigwan Geomancer, Fengshui (風水, Pungsu) specialist
Jinjeok-gut Household ritual
Jinogi (Jinogwi) Gut Gut for the dead (진오기굿, 지노귀굿)
Jishin Earth God, Foundation God
Jishin-je Ritual honoring the Earth God
Joryeong Ancestral spirit
Josang Ancestor spirits
Josang Halmeoni Ancestral Grandmother
Josang Malmyeong Restless ancestral spirit
Jowang Kitchen God
Judang Malevolent spirit
Jujang Military Commander Spirit
Madang-gut Gut performed in an outdoor space (마당굿)
Maegut Village cleansing ritual, performed by percussion group
Maji, Megi Offering rice in a Buddhist temple or shaman shrine
Malmyeong-Daeshin Restless spirit (말명대신)
Mama Smallpox Spirit (마마)
Manshin Shaman ("10,000 spirits") (만신, 萬神)
Momju Body-governing Spirit, a Manshin's original personal god (몸주)
Mudang Female Shaman (무당, 巫堂)
Muga Shaman songs (무가)
Mugam Trance dance performed by ordinary women wearing Manshin costumes (무감)
Mugeori Divination by a shaman (무거리)
Mushindo Paintings of a shaman's personal helping spirits (무신도, 巫神圖)
Musok Shamanism, shamanistic practices and beliefs (무속, 巫俗)
Myeong-dari Cloth "bridge" used in ritual to dedicate children to Chilseong (명다리)
Myeongdu Shaman possessed by the spirit of a dead child (명두무당)
Naerim-gut Initiation ritual for a new shaman (내림굿)
Namhaean Byeolshin-gut South Coast shaman ritual for good fishing
Nuseokdan Sacred stone pile or mound (누석단, 累石壇) for the village tutelary deity
Obang Shinjang Spirit Generals of the Five Directions (오방신장, 五方神將)
Ogu-gut Shaman ceremony to guide the dead to the afterworld (오구굿)
Pudakkeori Exorcism (푸닥거리)
Pullil-buri Problem-solving household spirits
Pungeoje Ritual for good fishing, blessing the fishing boats (풍어제)
Saja Death Messenger God, who escorts the dead to the underworld
Salpuri Shaman dance for exorcising spirits (살푸리)
Salyuk Daegam Massacre Official God
Samshin Childbirth Spirit (삼신)
Samshin Jeseok Household Childbirth Goddess (삼신제석)
Samshin Halmeoni Childbirth Grandmother Goddess (삼신할머니)
Samshin-me Ritual honoring the Childbirth Spirit
Sang'eop Daegam Commerce Official God (상업대감)
San-geori Segment of a Gut dedicated to the War God, also Sangsan-geori (산거리, 상산거리)
Sanshin Mountain Spirit, depicted as an old man (or woman) with a tiger (산신, 山神)
Sanshin-dang Mountain Spirit's Shrine (산신당), also Sanshin-gak (산신각, 山神閣), especially associated with a Buddhist temple
Sanshin-je Ritual honoring the Mountain Spirit (산신제)
Seonang Village tutelary deity (서낭, 西娘), often depicted in the form of a tiger
Seonang-dang Village shrine (서낭당, 西娘堂)
Seonang-gut Community-sponsored shaman ceremony (서낭굿)
Seonangje Communal ritual for the village guardian spirit (서낭제)
Seongju House Lord Spirit (성주)
Seongsu Spirit of a deceased shaman
Seonghwang Village tutelary deity (성황, 城隍)
Seonghwang-dang Village shrine (성황당, 城隍堂)
Seseummu Hereditary shaman (세습무, 世襲巫)
Shillyeong Spirit(s), god(s) (신령, 神靈)
Shimbang Shaman of Jeju Island (usually hereditary) (심방, also 신방, 神房)
Shinawi Folk shamanistic ensemble music (시나위)
Shinbyeong Possession sickness of a destined shaman (신병, 神病)
Shincheong Shaman association, especially in the southern provinces (신청)
Shindang Spirit Hall, a manshin's personal shrine, spirit sanctuary (신당, 神堂)
Shindeullin-mudang Possessed shaman (신들린무당)
Shinjang Warrior spirits, General spirits (신장)
Shinjang Daegam Warrior Official God (신장대감)
Shinmok Sacred tree, especially associated with the village tutelary spirit (신목, 神木)
Shin-eomeoni Spirit Mother, one's initiating Manshin (신어머니)
Shinttal Spirit Daughter to a Shin-eomeoni (신딸)
Ssikkim-gut Ceremony for the dead, especially in Jeolla Province (씻김굿)
Sul-gosa Offering of wine to household gods (술고사)
Sumun Daegam Door Guard Official God (수문대감)
Taeju Shaman possessed by a dead child spirit (태주)
Taenghwa Paintings of Shamanist and Buddhist deities (탱화, 幀畵)
Tapshindang Sacred stone mound (탑신당, 塔神堂) for the village tutelary deity
Toju Daegam House Site God (토주대감)
Toshinje Ritual honoring the Earth God (토신제, 土神祭)
Uhwan-gut Healing Gut (우환굿)
Yeomna Daewang King of Hell (염라대왕, 閻羅大王)
Yeongsan-dari Ghost bridge, cut to sever their influence (영산다리)
Yonggung Undersea Palace of the Dragon King (용궁)
Yongwang Dragon King (용왕)
Anje Offering made inside the house (안제)
Anjeun-buri Seated spirits of the household
Antaek-gosa Gosa for household tranquility (안택고사)
Bae-gosa Fishing boat blessing ritual, conducted by an individual other than a Mudang (배고사)
Bae-yeonshin-gut Ceremony for good fishing, Western sea coast region (배연신굿)
Baksu mudang Male shaman (박수 무당)
Bari-Gongju Princess Spirit (바리공주)
Bonghyang Sanshin Mountain God of one's ancestral home (봉향산신)
Bujeok Talisman, amulet, protective charm (부적, 符籍)
Buri Ancestral spirits of the household
Byeolbi Small amounts of money offered to shaman or spirits during a gut (별비)
Byeolsang Messenger God (also Byeolseong) (별상, 별성)
Byeolsang Mama Smallpox spirit (also Byeolseong Mama) (별상마마)
Byeolshin-gut Community-sponsored shaman ritual (별신굿)
Byeonso-Gakssi Toilet Maiden Goddess (변소 각씨)
Changbu Daeshin Clown God 창부대신 (Protector of performers and entertainers), also called Changbussi (창부씨, 昌夫氏)
Chilseong Seven Stars Spirit (칠성, 七星)
Chilseong-maji Ritual honoring Chilseong on lunar 7.7 (칠성마지)
Daegam Officer God (대감, 大監)
Daeshin-halmeoni Great Spirit Grandmother God (대신할머니)
Daeshin Daegam Great Spirit Official God (대신대감)
Daewang King God (대왕, 大王)
Daewang-gut Ceremony to honor the King Deity (대왕굿)
Danggol, Dan'gol Hereditary Shaman(당골, 단골); also a regular client of a specific Shaman
Dangsan-namu Village Spirit Tree (당산나무)
Dodang Community Tutelary Spirit (도당)
Dodang-gut Ceremony for the Community Tutelary Spirit (도당굿)
Dokkaebi Daegam Goblin Official God (도깨비 대감)
Donghae Byeolshin-gut East coast ceremony for good fishing (동해별신굿)
Dongja Spirit of a dead child (동자신령)
Dongje Offering ceremony for the village tutelary spirit (동제)
Dongja-Byeonsang Child Messenger Spirit (also Dongja-Byeolseong) (동자별성)
Dongne Halmeoni Neighborhood Grandmother God (동네 할머니)
Domu Jumping dance characteristic of shamans
Dwitjeon Final segment of a Gut
Gage-Daegam Shop Official God
Gamang Underworld Guard
Gangshin-mu Spirit-possessed shaman, "destined" mudang (강신무; 降神巫)
Geollip Grain God
Geori Individual sections of a shaman ritual
Geori-hong'aek Red disaster of the road
Geunjul Straw rope with white paper streamers used to mark off sacred places (근줄)
Giu-je Ritual for rain (기우제)
Go-in Ritual accompanist
Gongsu Possession speech of a Mudang (공수), communication from the spirits
Gosa Ritual offering, household blessing ceremony (고사, 告祀)
Gun'ung-Daegam Military Official God (군웅대감, 軍雄大監)
Gut Most elaborate type of shaman ritual (굿)
Gutdang Shamanic ritual hall (굿당)
Gwancheong-gut Gut to purify or exorcise a public building (관청굿)
Gwishin Ghost, lesser spirits (귀신)
Gwishin Jeomjaengi Spirit medium (귀신점쟁이)
Haengju Mullim Opening sequence of a gut
Haesan'gwi Ghost of a woman who died in childbirth (해산귀신, also Haesan-gi 해산기)
Han Unrequited resentments, lingering grudge
Hoeshimgok Song of lament (회심곡)
Hogu Mama Smallpox goddess (호구마마)
Hwanja-gut Healing gut (환자굿)
Hwaraengi Term for a male shaman
Iptaek-gosa Blessing ceremony for a new house (입택고사)
Jaesu-gut Gut for good fortune and prosperity, for individuals, families, or communities (재수굿)
Jakdu Straw cutter blades, that Manshin stand on barefooted (작두)
Janggun Martial God, "General" (장군, 將軍)
Japgwi Earth-bound wandering spirits
Jejang Deified ancestral spirits, or spirits of generals who have died in battle
Jeom Divination, fortune-telling
Jeomjaengi Fortune teller
Jesa Ritual offering for ancestors (제사, 祭祀)
Jeseok Birth Grandmother Spirit (along with Samsin)
Jigwan Geomancer, Fengshui (風水, Pungsu) specialist
Jinjeok-gut Household ritual
Jinogi (Jinogwi) Gut Gut for the dead (진오기굿, 지노귀굿)
Jishin Earth God, Foundation God
Jishin-je Ritual honoring the Earth God
Joryeong Ancestral spirit
Josang Ancestor spirits
Josang Halmeoni Ancestral Grandmother
Josang Malmyeong Restless ancestral spirit
Jowang Kitchen God
Judang Malevolent spirit
Jujang Military Commander Spirit
Madang-gut Gut performed in an outdoor space (마당굿)
Maegut Village cleansing ritual, performed by percussion group
Maji, Megi Offering rice in a Buddhist temple or shaman shrine
Malmyeong-Daeshin Restless spirit (말명대신)
Mama Smallpox Spirit (마마)
Manshin Shaman ("10,000 spirits") (만신, 萬神)
Momju Body-governing Spirit, a Manshin's original personal god (몸주)
Mudang Female Shaman (무당, 巫堂)
Muga Shaman songs (무가)
Mugam Trance dance performed by ordinary women wearing Manshin costumes (무감)
Mugeori Divination by a shaman (무거리)
Mushindo Paintings of a shaman's personal helping spirits (무신도, 巫神圖)
Musok Shamanism, shamanistic practices and beliefs (무속, 巫俗)
Myeong-dari Cloth "bridge" used in ritual to dedicate children to Chilseong (명다리)
Myeongdu Shaman possessed by the spirit of a dead child (명두무당)
Naerim-gut Initiation ritual for a new shaman (내림굿)
Namhaean Byeolshin-gut South Coast shaman ritual for good fishing
Nuseokdan Sacred stone pile or mound (누석단, 累石壇) for the village tutelary deity
Obang Shinjang Spirit Generals of the Five Directions (오방신장, 五方神將)
Ogu-gut Shaman ceremony to guide the dead to the afterworld (오구굿)
Pudakkeori Exorcism (푸닥거리)
Pullil-buri Problem-solving household spirits
Pungeoje Ritual for good fishing, blessing the fishing boats (풍어제)
Saja Death Messenger God, who escorts the dead to the underworld
Salpuri Shaman dance for exorcising spirits (살푸리)
Salyuk Daegam Massacre Official God
Samshin Childbirth Spirit (삼신)
Samshin Jeseok Household Childbirth Goddess (삼신제석)
Samshin Halmeoni Childbirth Grandmother Goddess (삼신할머니)
Samshin-me Ritual honoring the Childbirth Spirit
Sang'eop Daegam Commerce Official God (상업대감)
San-geori Segment of a Gut dedicated to the War God, also Sangsan-geori (산거리, 상산거리)
Sanshin Mountain Spirit, depicted as an old man (or woman) with a tiger (산신, 山神)
Sanshin-dang Mountain Spirit's Shrine (산신당), also Sanshin-gak (산신각, 山神閣), especially associated with a Buddhist temple
Sanshin-je Ritual honoring the Mountain Spirit (산신제)
Seonang Village tutelary deity (서낭, 西娘), often depicted in the form of a tiger
Seonang-dang Village shrine (서낭당, 西娘堂)
Seonang-gut Community-sponsored shaman ceremony (서낭굿)
Seonangje Communal ritual for the village guardian spirit (서낭제)
Seongju House Lord Spirit (성주)
Seongsu Spirit of a deceased shaman
Seonghwang Village tutelary deity (성황, 城隍)
Seonghwang-dang Village shrine (성황당, 城隍堂)
Seseummu Hereditary shaman (세습무, 世襲巫)
Shillyeong Spirit(s), god(s) (신령, 神靈)
Shimbang Shaman of Jeju Island (usually hereditary) (심방, also 신방, 神房)
Shinawi Folk shamanistic ensemble music (시나위)
Shinbyeong Possession sickness of a destined shaman (신병, 神病)
Shincheong Shaman association, especially in the southern provinces (신청)
Shindang Spirit Hall, a manshin's personal shrine, spirit sanctuary (신당, 神堂)
Shindeullin-mudang Possessed shaman (신들린무당)
Shinjang Warrior spirits, General spirits (신장)
Shinjang Daegam Warrior Official God (신장대감)
Shinmok Sacred tree, especially associated with the village tutelary spirit (신목, 神木)
Shin-eomeoni Spirit Mother, one's initiating Manshin (신어머니)
Shinttal Spirit Daughter to a Shin-eomeoni (신딸)
Ssikkim-gut Ceremony for the dead, especially in Jeolla Province (씻김굿)
Sul-gosa Offering of wine to household gods (술고사)
Sumun Daegam Door Guard Official God (수문대감)
Taeju Shaman possessed by a dead child spirit (태주)
Taenghwa Paintings of Shamanist and Buddhist deities (탱화, 幀畵)
Tapshindang Sacred stone mound (탑신당, 塔神堂) for the village tutelary deity
Toju Daegam House Site God (토주대감)
Toshinje Ritual honoring the Earth God (토신제, 土神祭)
Uhwan-gut Healing Gut (우환굿)
Yeomna Daewang King of Hell (염라대왕, 閻羅大王)
Yeongsan-dari Ghost bridge, cut to sever their influence (영산다리)
Yonggung Undersea Palace of the Dragon King (용궁)
Yongwang Dragon King (용왕)
