Korean Shamanism Religion and Spirituality

Korean

The oldest religious practice in Korea, often closely tied to Buddhism in practice. Its practitioners, who in South Korea today are usually women, are called mudang.

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• - Student article by Alexander Cho, considering the anomalous presence of shamanic beliefs in contemporary South Korea.
  
• - Short article discussing Korean shamans' visual depictions of deities.
  
• - A concise historical introduction by Haines Brown.
  
• - A paper by Heinz Insu Fenkl.
  
• - A list of academic writings on the subject. Part of the Korean History Bibliography.
  
• - Introduction and seven chapters about shamanism and Christianity. Focuses on the relation between Christian doctrine and shamanism in Korean and Yakut cultures.
  
  

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