김일성유일사상 혹은 유물론이 지배하는 북한 사회에도 민간신앙이 존재할까? 남한에서처럼 북한에도 현대판 구비문학의 일환으로서 현대판 속담이 존재할까? 그 동안 북한에서 공식적으로 발행된 문헌이나 매체 등의 정보만 가지고는 확인이 어려웠던 이 의문을 풀기 위해, 탈북자 들을 면담하여 본 결과, 북한에도 민간신앙과 현대판 속담이 존재한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 점복, 꿈풀이가 전승되고 있으며, 무속도 존재한다는 것을 단편적으로나마 확인할 수 있었다. 점복의 경우, 식량난이 가중되어 탈북하는 일이 많아지면서 흑은 지방으로 추방당할 경우, 그 성공 여부와 미래사를 미리 알고 싶은 욕망에서 매우 활발하다는 것이 밝혀졌다. 공식적으로는 금지하고 있으나, 암암리에 성행하며, 심지어는 당간부들 조차 남몰래 점복자를 찾아가 의뢰하고 있는 실정임을 알 수 있다. 점복자의 유형도, 강신점복자, 역리점복자 등 다양한 유형으로 존재함을 알 수 있다.
꿈풀이에서 몇 가지 차이도 있지만, 대부분 남한에서 길몽으로 여기는 것은 북한에서도 길몽으로, 흉몽으로 여기는 것은 흉몽으로 여기고 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 남북한 사람이 같은 꿈을 꾸고 같은 꿈풀이를 하고 있다는 것은 여간 다행한 일이 아니다. 남북이 교류할 경우, 꿈 이야기를 화제로 올림으로써 동질성 회복과 화해 분위기 조성에 도움이 될 것임을 보여주는 성과라 하겠다. 70년대 말의 상황이지만, 당국의 탄압에도 불구하고, 은밀하게나마 무속이 존속한다는 것을 확인할 수 있어, 무속신앙이 얼마나 끈질긴 생명력을 가지고 있는지 느끼게 한다.
현대판 속담도 다수 존재하고 있었다. 이들 자료는 북한의 상황을 잘 드러내 주면서, 식량난을 비롯한 북한 현실을 바라보는 북한 주민의 비판적인 의식까지 여과없이 보여주고 있어, 북한 및 북한주민의 실상을 이해하는 데 긴요한 가치를 지니고 있다.
북한의 민간신앙과 현대판 속담 자료들은 남북 교류와 통일을 위해 기여할 만한 가치를 지닌다. 체제와 이데올로기의 차이에도 불구하고 여전히 동질성을 유지하고 있는 부분이 많다는 것, 특히 북한 주민의 내면의식은 남한과 다를 게 없다는 확신을 가지게 하는 자료들이기 때문이다.
김일성유일사상 혹은 유물론이 지배하는 북한 사회에도 민간신앙이 존재할까? 남한에서처럼 북한에도 현대판 구비문학의 일환으로서 현대판 속담이 존재할까? 그 동안 북한에서 공식적으로 발행된 문헌이나 매체 등의 정보만 가지고는 확인이 어려웠던 이 의문을 풀기 위해, 탈북자 들을 면담하여 본 결과, 북한에도 민간신앙과 현대판 속담이 존재한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 점복, 꿈풀이가 전승되고 있으며, 무속도 존재한다는 것을 단편적으로나마 확인할 수 있었다. 점복의 경우, 식량난이 가중되어 탈북하는 일이 많아지면서 흑은 지방으로 추방당할 경우, 그 성공 여부와 미래사를 미리 알고 싶은 욕망에서 매우 활발하다는 것이 밝혀졌다. 공식적으로는 금지하고 있으나, 암암리에 성행하며, 심지어는 당간부들 조차 남몰래 점복자를 찾아가 의뢰하고 있는 실정임을 알 수 있다. 점복자의 유형도, 강신점복자, 역리점복자 등 다양한 유형으로 존재함을 알 수 있다.
꿈풀이에서 몇 가지 차이도 있지만, 대부분 남한에서 길몽으로 여기는 것은 북한에서도 길몽으로, 흉몽으로 여기는 것은 흉몽으로 여기고 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 남북한 사람이 같은 꿈을 꾸고 같은 꿈풀이를 하고 있다는 것은 여간 다행한 일이 아니다. 남북이 교류할 경우, 꿈 이야기를 화제로 올림으로써 동질성 회복과 화해 분위기 조성에 도움이 될 것임을 보여주는 성과라 하겠다. 70년대 말의 상황이지만, 당국의 탄압에도 불구하고, 은밀하게나마 무속이 존속한다는 것을 확인할 수 있어, 무속신앙이 얼마나 끈질긴 생명력을 가지고 있는지 느끼게 한다.
현대판 속담도 다수 존재하고 있었다. 이들 자료는 북한의 상황을 잘 드러내 주면서, 식량난을 비롯한 북한 현실을 바라보는 북한 주민의 비판적인 의식까지 여과없이 보여주고 있어, 북한 및 북한주민의 실상을 이해하는 데 긴요한 가치를 지니고 있다.
북한의 민간신앙과 현대판 속담 자료들은 남북 교류와 통일을 위해 기여할 만한 가치를 지닌다. 체제와 이데올로기의 차이에도 불구하고 여전히 동질성을 유지하고 있는 부분이 많다는 것, 특히 북한 주민의 내면의식은 남한과 다를 게 없다는 확신을 가지게 하는 자료들이기 때문이다.
Is there a form of folk religion even in North Korea, where the one and only ideological system for Kim Il-sung and Communistic materialism predominates. Or, is there a wise saying found in the society such as “A dog hanging around the kitchen for three years may cook noodle,” which has recently bee...
Is there a form of folk religion even in North Korea, where the one and only ideological system for Kim Il-sung and Communistic materialism predominates. Or, is there a wise saying found in the society such as “A dog hanging around the kitchen for three years may cook noodle,” which has recently been coined and distributed in South Korea? This article was written to somehow address these questions. For the best results the author interviewed recent defectors from North Korea since the researches in the past have contained limited information based on the accounts of the Korean War refugees and on the materials published by Chosunchongdokbu. The important findings are as follows. First, folk religion exists in North Korea. The forms of North Korean folk religion that have been identified so far are fortune-telling, dream-reading and shamanism. 1) Fortune-telling ① Rapid increase of fortune-telling and its cause: In North Korea fortune-telling is officially prohibited. Its practice is banned publicly; therefore, most fortune-telling is done unofficially in the private sector. Despite the ban, the common people go to a fortune-teller in times of marital crisis or offspring"s bad luck. Since 1997 as the queue line disappears and as the food disaster gets worse fortune-telling has been practiced more frequently because the number of people who go into trade or who plan to flee increases. ② Types of fortune-tellers: The research has discovered four types of fortune-tellers: the possessed fortune-teller commonly referred to as "the one with a god on the back"; scholastic fortune-teller who construes the meaning of saju and name; face-reading fortune-teller; and pungsu fortune-teller who points out the best tomb site. All of these are the same as those in South Korea. ③ Fortune-teller"s fee: It is not a fixed rate, bur understandably the visitors feel forced to pay generously. 2) Dream-reading As in South Korea, dream-reading is an ordinary practice. There are good, bad, and ambivalent dreams. Among the good dreams are: ① Blood means meat; ② Fire means a fortune; ③ An ox or an ancestor coming in is a good omen; ④ Water bath means lessened worry; ⑤ Pigs refer to a good fortune or begetting a son; ⑥ Downfall in the valley predicts money or food; ⑦ A dream of dragon is to signify getting ahead in the world. Among the bad dreams are: ① A tooth taken out is a bad omen (an upper tooth refers to a disaster to a senior and a lower tooth to a disaster to a junior); ② Fish in the sea means rainy weather; ③ An ox (or an ancestor) going our is a bad omen; ④ A dream of a snake is no good (it predicts begetting a daughter); ⑤ Being bitten by a dog is a bad omen too. An example for an ambivalent dream is to see your deceased mother. The dream could be good to one person but bad to another. By and large, the whole interpretation is scarcely different from that of South Korea. A strong homogeneity is felt here. Despite the formal difference of ideology and system, the two peoples still dream the same dreams and interpret them the same way. The heterogeneous nature of the two nations" culture is often featured but this apparent homogeneity in dream-reading will prove to be a useful common code in achieving the cultural exchange and reconciliation between the two Koreas. 3) Shamanism: Since the practice of shamanism is rigidly banned by the North Korean authorities, it does not seem as popular as fortune-telling but it still keeps its ground though secretly. Secondly, the modernized versions of wise saying also exist in North Korea. As they exist as a category of oral literature in South Korea, North Koreans use renovated sayings and humorous remarks to mirror the changing states of society. The interviewees, who were reluctant to narrate traditional stories, informed the rese..
Is there a form of folk religion even in North Korea, where the one and only ideological system for Kim Il-sung and Communistic materialism predominates. Or, is there a wise saying found in the society such as “A dog hanging around the kitchen for three years may cook noodle,” which has recently been coined and distributed in South Korea? This article was written to somehow address these questions. For the best results the author interviewed recent defectors from North Korea since the researches in the past have contained limited information based on the accounts of the Korean War refugees and on the materials published by Chosunchongdokbu. The important findings are as follows. First, folk religion exists in North Korea. The forms of North Korean folk religion that have been identified so far are fortune-telling, dream-reading and shamanism. 1) Fortune-telling ① Rapid increase of fortune-telling and its cause: In North Korea fortune-telling is officially prohibited. Its practice is banned publicly; therefore, most fortune-telling is done unofficially in the private sector. Despite the ban, the common people go to a fortune-teller in times of marital crisis or offspring"s bad luck. Since 1997 as the queue line disappears and as the food disaster gets worse fortune-telling has been practiced more frequently because the number of people who go into trade or who plan to flee increases. ② Types of fortune-tellers: The research has discovered four types of fortune-tellers: the possessed fortune-teller commonly referred to as "the one with a god on the back"; scholastic fortune-teller who construes the meaning of saju and name; face-reading fortune-teller; and pungsu fortune-teller who points out the best tomb site. All of these are the same as those in South Korea. ③ Fortune-teller"s fee: It is not a fixed rate, bur understandably the visitors feel forced to pay generously. 2) Dream-reading As in South Korea, dream-reading is an ordinary practice. There are good, bad, and ambivalent dreams. Among the good dreams are: ① Blood means meat; ② Fire means a fortune; ③ An ox or an ancestor coming in is a good omen; ④ Water bath means lessened worry; ⑤ Pigs refer to a good fortune or begetting a son; ⑥ Downfall in the valley predicts money or food; ⑦ A dream of dragon is to signify getting ahead in the world. Among the bad dreams are: ① A tooth taken out is a bad omen (an upper tooth refers to a disaster to a senior and a lower tooth to a disaster to a junior); ② Fish in the sea means rainy weather; ③ An ox (or an ancestor) going our is a bad omen; ④ A dream of a snake is no good (it predicts begetting a daughter); ⑤ Being bitten by a dog is a bad omen too. An example for an ambivalent dream is to see your deceased mother. The dream could be good to one person but bad to another. By and large, the whole interpretation is scarcely different from that of South Korea. A strong homogeneity is felt here. Despite the formal difference of ideology and system, the two peoples still dream the same dreams and interpret them the same way. The heterogeneous nature of the two nations" culture is often featured but this apparent homogeneity in dream-reading will prove to be a useful common code in achieving the cultural exchange and reconciliation between the two Koreas. 3) Shamanism: Since the practice of shamanism is rigidly banned by the North Korean authorities, it does not seem as popular as fortune-telling but it still keeps its ground though secretly. Secondly, the modernized versions of wise saying also exist in North Korea. As they exist as a category of oral literature in South Korea, North Koreans use renovated sayings and humorous remarks to mirror the changing states of society. The interviewees, who were reluctant to narrate traditional stories, informed the rese..
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