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Glossary of Terms in Korean Shamanism

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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)
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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)





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