Thesaurus:무속인
THESAURUS | 무속인 |
Korean
Sense: Priest of Korean folk religion
Terms particularly common or important in modern Korean, either in academia or in colloquial conversation, are bolded.
Synonyms
- 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin) (common and polite term)
- 무당(巫堂) (mudang) (most common but potentially demeaning term)
- 무(巫) (mu) (academic and less common term)
- 샤먼 (syameon) (highly academic)
- 점쟁이 (jeomjaeng'i) (means fortune-teller in South Korea, but shaman or priest in North Korea)
- 무격(巫覡) (mugyeok) (dated or archaic)
- 무자(巫子) (muja) (rare)
- 사무(師巫) (samu) (rare)
- 만신(萬神) (mansin, literally “myriad divinity”) (honorific, chiefly female, for trance-possession shamans)
- 보살(菩薩) (bosal, literally “bodhisattva”) (honorific, chiefly female)
- 도사(道士) (dosa, literally “Dao adept”) (honorific, chiefly male)
- 선녀(仙女) (seonnyeo, literally “immortal woman”) (honorific, female)
- 기자(祈者) (gija, literally “praying one”) (honorific)
- 대신(大神) (daesin, literally “great divinity”) (honorific)
Hyponyms
(Regional terms)
- 신선(神仙) (sinseon, “priest from the Pyongan and Yukjin regions”)
- 스승 (seuseung, “priest from Hamgyong Province”)
- 호시아비 (hosiabi, “male priest from Hamgyong Province”)
- 호시미 (hosimi, “female priest from Hamgyong Province”)
- 고드개 무당 (godeugae mudang, “novice priest from Hamgyong Province”)
- 경관만신 (gyeonggwanmansin, “high-ranking priest from Hwanghae Province”)
- 산이 (sani, “hereditary male drummer priest from southern Korea”)
- 대사산이 (daesasani, “high-ranking drummer priest from the southern Korean coastline”)
- 고인 (goin, “hereditary male drummer priest from southern Korea”)
- 화랭이 (hwaraeng'i, “hereditary male priest from southern Korea”)
- 미지 (miji, “hereditary female priest from southern Gyeonggi Province”)
- 법사(法師) (beopsa, “mantra-reciting priest from Chungcheong Province”)
- 경객(經客) (gyeonggaek, “mantra-reciting priest from Chungcheong Province”)
- 무지내(巫知唻) (mujinae, “knowledgeable priest from Jeolla Province”)
- 승방 (seungbang, “priest from the southern Korean coastline”)
- 대모(大母) (daemo, “high-ranking priestess from the southern Korean coastline”)
- 소모(小母) (somo, “apprentice priestess from the southern Korean coastline”)
- 심방 (simbang, “priest from Jeju Island”)
- 소미 (somi, “priest-in-training from Jeju Island”)
- 당(堂)맨심방 (dangmaensimbang, “priest from Jeju Island officiating at a fixed shrine”)
(By gender)
- 무녀(巫女) (munyeo, “female priest”)
- 여무(女巫) (yeomu, “female priest”) (less common)
- 박수 (baksu, “male priest”)
- 남무(男巫) (nammu, “male priest”)
- 단공(端公) (dan'gong, “male priest”) (rare)
- 적각 (jeokgak, “male priest”) (rare)
- 판수 (pansu, “male priest”) (rare)
(By religious experience, vocation, or rank)
- 애동제자 (aedongjeja, “novice priest”)
- 큰무당 (keunmudang, “accomplished priest”, literally “great priest”)
- 선무당 (seonmudang, “inexperienced priest”)
- 신부모(神父母) (sinbumo, “mentoring priest”, literally “divine parent”)
- 신자식(神子息) (sinjasik, “mentored priest”, literally “divine child”)
- 강신무(降神巫) (gangsinmu, “trance-possession shaman”) (academic)
- 세습무(世襲巫) (seseummu, “hereditary village priest”) (academic)
- 단골 (dan'gol, “hereditary village priest”)
- 명두 (myeongdu, “shaman possessed by the spirit of a young child”)
- 당주(堂主)무당 (dangjumudang, “priest who officiates the ritual at their own shrine”)
- 청송무당 (cheongsongmudang, “priest who performs rituals at others' shrines”)
- 국무(國巫) (gungmu, “priest historically hired by the state”)
- 무의(巫醫) (muui, “healer priest”)
- 잡태무당 (japtaemudang, “fraud priest”) (used only in North Korea)