Korean Shamanism

Korean Shamanism

http://www.koreasociety.org/images/pdf/KoreanStudies/Curriculum_Materials/LessonbyTime/4_Modern/Korean_Shamanism__A_Case_Study_in_Modern_Day_Animism.pdf

Handout 1:
#1 talk about nature
#2 talk about the old man
#3 talk about the tiger and pine trees
#4 talk about Korean beliefs
#5 discuss any further information you know about sanshin, mountains, tigers, etc

The Tiger can speak after 300 years, and smoke a pipe.
곰방대 (pipe), 연초 (dry leaves)

A folk painting depicts a tiger smoking a pipe. / Korea Times File By Janet Shin

Handout 2
#1 In Korean shamanism, what is the relationship between humans and nature?
#2 Why is the bear important to Koreans?
#3 Who is the Lord of Heaven?
#4 Discuss TanGun as a mudang
#5 How do you feel about this story?

http://www.san-shin.org/Dan-gun_Myth.html

http://www.koreasociety.org/images/pdf/KoreanStudies/Curriculum_Materials/LessonbyTime/4_Modern/Korean_Shamanism_Today.pdf

http://www.amazon.com/Shamans-Housewives-Restless-Spirits-Institute/dp/0824811429

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3rRIXOSxog&feature=em-share_video_user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRlUy2dyBQA&feature=em-share_video_user

Is Santa Claus a Shaman?

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/24/132260025/did-shrooms-send-santa-and-his-reindeer-flying

http://www.shamanswell.org/shaman/siberian-shamanism-origins-santa-claus-reindeer-pine-trees-and-mushrooms

http://blog.prehistoricshamanism.com/240/nicholas-from-saint-to-shaman-to-santa/

http://www.shamanicevolution.org/writings/shaman-claus-the-shamanic-origins-of-christmas