467:. Namseonbi was finally convinced and sharpened his knife to kill Nokdisaengin. However, Nokdisaengin had a plan and told his parens that he would commit suicide instead. In a nearby mountain, Nokdisaengin gathered his brothers and killed a young boar. He told them that if their "mother" was cured after eating the boar liver, when she was not actually their mother.
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owner, approached
Namseonbi and suggested that he rest in their jumak. There, Namseonbi sold all of his clothes and grains for rice wine and games. Once Namseonbi again fell in poverty, Noiljadae chased him away. Namseonbi was forced to build a hut out of rice stalks, with a door made of rotten wood.
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The family was frequently hungry, as a result of their poverty. Yeosan Buin was worried by their pitiful condition, and bought fine cotton clothes and hats and fifty silver coins by selling her treasures she had brought from her family. She suggested that with these accessories, they buy grain, which
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Six of the seven sons dropped their things to greet their parents, but
Nokdisaengin knew that the woman was not truly his mother, as Noiljadae did not share her umbrella with Namseonbi and her appearances and voice were different. She tried to explain the differences using various excuses, but only
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Nokdisaengin flew the crane back to Odong. Then, he put the
Salsalikkot (Flower that revives flesh) on top of Yeosan Buin's bones. Flesh formed around the bones. Next he applied the Pisalikkot (Flower that revives blood. He revived his mother's blood, which once again flowed through his mother's
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Noiljadae decided to kill
Nokdisaengin. She pretended to be sick and said that there was a famous prophet called Jangjeol Doryeong in Jajeot Street who could help. Namseonbi went to find him, and she ran to Jajeot Street and told him using a different voice that the cure would be to feed her the
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Four days later, Nokdisaengin met a crane that told him that it could fly to the fields of
Seocheon, where flowers that could revive the body were grown. The crane promised to take Nodisaengin, the smallest and lightest of the brothers, on its back, if the brothers caught it seven carps to eat.
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Five of the seven brothers became the deities who each defend a cardinal direction: The eldest was
Cheongje of the east, the second was Baekje of the west, the third Jeokje of the south, the fourth Heukje of the north, and the fifth Hwangje of the centre. The sixth, who was nearly murdered by
470:
The brothers fed the boar liver to
Noiljadae. She claimed to be miraculously cured, then tried to kill the sixth son. The six other brothers, led by the youngest Nokdisaengin, ambushed her to stop her. Caught guilty in the act, she hanged herself in the bathroom.
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veins. Then he applied the
Sumsalikkot (Flower that revives breath), which made his mother breathe again. Finally, Nokdisaengin put the Honsalikkot (Flower that revives soul) on top of his unconscious mother. She eventually awoke, revived and back from the dead.
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In the village of
Namseon in the kingdom of Junyeon lived Namseonbi and his wife, Yeosan Buin. Yeosan Buin was a very capable wife who raised the money for the family. However, her husband Namseonbi wasted all of the money whenever Yeosan Buin gathered enough.
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Noiljadae learned of this and decided she needed to get rid of Yeosan Buin. She invited Yeosan Buin to wash in the lake of
Ocheongang. Ocheongang was an icy lake that had no bottom. Knowing this, Noiljadae did not go in, but Yeosan Buin did and drowned.
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spent many years underwater as a corpse. Thus, she is seen to control water, ice, and fire together, though the aspect as the fire goddess is stronger. This aspect of the goddess is highly natural as the kitchen goddess; the main food of Koreans,
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Once there, Yeosan Buin overheard a girl singing a song to chase sparrows away from the grain fields. The lyrics were about Namseonbi being tricked by Noiljadae's wit and then being chased away to a hut. She used this to tracked down Namseonbi.
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When the crane reached the fields of Seocheon, the god of flowers, plants, and emotions, Hallakgungi, recreated Nokdisaengin's arm. He then gave Nokdisaengin each of the five varieties of Hwansaengkkot (Reincarnation flower). (see
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Namseonbi thus set out to another village in the village of Odong in the Kingdom of Odong. There, Namseonbi, dressed in expensive clothing and controlling a ship full of grain, looked as if he was a wealthy man.
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The brothers then went to the village of Odong and prayed to the supreme deity Cheonjiwang for four days and nights for their mother back. The cadaver of Yeosan Buin was revealed but there were only bones left.
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Each of the brothers caught a carp, except for Nokdisaengin who accidentally fell into the water and dropped his carp. Since the crane did not have enough to eat, Nokdisaengin fed it his own arm.
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Namseonbi was blind and could not recognize his wife. However, when Namseonbi tasted the food that Yeosan Buin prepared, he recognised Yeosan Buin. Yeosan Buin began preparations to sail home.
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Noiljadae then pretended to be Yeosan Buin, and went to the village of Namseon with Namseonbi. Because of her first encounter with Namseonbi, she believed the family was rich.
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In the myth, Nokdisaengin, the hero of the myth, becomes the deity of the front gate. As can be known, Koreans at the time believed that the door was a
597:(Yongye Buin and Noiljadae), an unpaternal father (Chilseongnim and Namseonbi), a dead mother (Maehwa Buin and Yeosan Buin), and seven children.
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Namseonbi became the Japsin (Evil spirit), defender of the dark fertilizer shed, because it was determined that he indirectly blinded himself.
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Meanwhile, Yeosan Buin became worried about Namseonbi's absence and built a small wooden boat. She then sailed to the village of Odong.
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The family of Yeosan Buin had nine members: Namseonbi, Yeosan Buin, and their seven sons. The name of the seventh was Nokdisaengin.
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But Namseonbi refused. So Noiljadae performed the same trick two more times, pretending that she was a doctor and a
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of Namseonbi, and also the stepmother of the seven children. This 'evil stepmother' theme is common throughout
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Noiljadae fed him harsh grain in a dog's tray and because of the harsh grain, Namseonbi went blind.
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Many things can be gleaned from the culture and beliefs of ancient Korea at the time from the
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780:
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was cheap in their village, and sell it in other villages, where grain was expensive.
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705:, gives the children her liver as they are about to suicide; however, in the
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The conflict between Yeosan Buin and Noiljadae symbolizes the conflict over
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859:, the worship of household patrons, including most of the deities in the
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is a gut, or ritual. This gut was sung and retold when reconstructing or
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620:, the mother, Maehwa Buin, die of childbirth; however, in the
664:, the stepmother, Yongye Buin, bribes the doctor, but in the
407:, or deities that are believed to reside within the house.
523:, because she hanged herself in the bathroom. Because of
512:, who guards the back door. The hero Nokdisaengin became
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687:, Noiljadae demands the liver of Nokdisaengin alone.
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724:, Yongye Buin turns into a mole; however, in the
1039:Brother and sister who became the Sun and Moon
125:Presented in order of recitation in the Great
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783:and legends, and even European ones, such as
631:, Chilseongnim does nothing; however, in the
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822:, requires both water and fire to make it.
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609:, there are seven twins; however, in the
635:, Namseonbi goes to Odong to sell grain.
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657:, there is no father-children conflict.
646:, Noiljadae blinds and fools Namseonbi.
519:Noiljadae became the bathroom goddess,
103:
739:, the seven brothers become the seven
26:
574:, but it bears a similar plot to the
7:
881:
879:
877:
875:
751:, the seven brothers become various
853:, the deity that Yeosan Buin became
642:, nothing happens; however, in the
539:Like most Korean mythology told by
16:Korean shamanic myth of Jeju Island
14:
497:Cheonjiwang made Yeosan Buin the
456:the six other sons were fooled.
222:Narratives of the funeral ritual
988:Creation myth of Geumgwan Gaya
893:Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
775:of the myth is Noiljadae, the
516:, defender of the front door.
58:
42:
1:
668:, Noiljadae pretends to be a
430:Noiljadae, the daughter of a
87:
73:
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957:Korean creation narratives
379:), meaning 'Annals of the
20:
1044:King Gyeongmun's ear tale
993:Creation myth of Goguyreo
978:Creation myth of Gojoseon
971:Creation of the countries
898:Academy of Korean Studies
709:, Nokdisaengin purposely
391:' or 'Explanation of the
376:
29:
728:, Noiljadae becomes the
551:a house, along with the
1018:Creation myth of Joseon
1013:Creation myth of Goryeo
998:Creation myth of Baekje
460:liver of Nokdisaengin.
161:, goddess of childbirth
1092:Semin-hwangje bon-puri
1003:Creation myth of Silla
983:Creation myth of Buyeo
798:area, contrary to the
1049:Yeonorang and Seonyeo
950:Creation of the world
624:, Yeosan Buin drowns.
387:', 'Narration of the
138:Creation of the world
570:is told only in the
68:Revised Romanization
806:, considered to be
99:Part of a series on
1158:Seolmundae Halmang
1008:Samseong mythology
747:; however, in the
713:and kills a young
672:, a doctor, and a
543:, or shamans, the
508:Noiljadae, became
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578:of the mainland.
527:'s conflict with
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82:McCune–Reischauer
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1101:Mythical figures
1087:Munjeon bon-puri
943:Korean mythology
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929:
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907:
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781:Korean mythology
694:, Maehwa Buin's
593:feature an evil
559:Comparison with
383:', 'Book of the
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168:Samseung-halmang
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30:Munjeon bon-puri
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888:"ë¬¸ě „ëł¸í’€ěť´ (門前本풀이)"
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726:Munjeon Bonpuli
707:Munjeon Bonpuli
685:Munjeon Bonpuli
666:Munjeon Bonpuli
655:Munjeon Bonpuli
644:Munjeon Bonpuli
633:Munjeon Bonpuli
611:Munjeon Bonpuli
591:Munjeon Bonpuli
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368:Munjeon Bonpuri
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88:MunjĹŹn-bonp'uri
74:Munjeon-bonpuri
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601:Differences
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145:Cheonji-wang
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1199:Gasin faith
857:Gasin faith
813:Meanwhile,
796:patriarchic
510:Duitmunwang
401:Jeju Island
115:Jeju Island
1193:Categories
1163:Seonangsin
1054:Mangbuseok
903:2024-06-18
867:References
827:concubines
808:feministic
789:Snow White
785:Cinderella
745:Big Dipper
595:stepmother
553:Seongjugut
514:Munwangsin
403:regarding
111:narratives
21:See also:
1143:Bulgasari
1128:Inmyeonjo
1123:Gunungsin
1118:Egg ghost
851:Jowangsin
815:Jowangsin
777:concubine
674:jangseung
585:Both the
529:Jowangsin
499:Jowangsin
465:Jangseung
324:Samdugumi
280:Chilseong
118:shamanism
1168:Sosamsin
1113:Dokkaebi
1069:Bon-puri
845:See also
802:and the
800:bathroom
589:and the
549:building
535:As a gut
525:Cheuksin
521:Cheuksin
395:', is a
295:bon-puri
293:Special
266:Segyeong
258:bon-puri
159:Samseung
107:bon-puri
104:General
23:Bon-puri
1173:Ungnyeo
886:ě •, 진희,
839:husband
837:of the
804:kitchen
773:villain
760:Beliefs
743:in the
735:In the
720:In the
690:In the
679:In the
670:prophet
660:In the
649:In the
638:In the
627:In the
616:In the
605:In the
273:Munjeon
236:Menggam
209:Samgong
195:Chogong
1153:Sansin
1138:Munsin
1133:Kumiho
1108:Bulgae
732:deity.
700:golden
541:mudang
373:Korean
243:Jijang
175:Manura
36:Hangul
1034:Arang
1027:Tales
831:wives
753:Gasin
741:stars
730:feces
711:hunts
432:jumak
405:Gasin
377:ë¬¸ě „ëł¸í’€ěť´
229:Chasa
202:Igong
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