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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.

Resources in This Category

• Christianity and Shamanism: First International Consultation

  http://www.oxfordu.net/seoul/
  Introduction and seven chapters about shamanism and Christianity. Focuses on the relation between Christian doctrine and shamanism in Korean and Yakut cultures.

• Faces in Shamanism of Korea

  http://www.sac.or.kr/eng/face/shamanism.html
  Short article discussing Korean shamans' visual depictions of deities.

• Korean Shamanism

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/092.html
  A concise historical introduction by Haines Brown.

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