동아시아 알타이어계 민족의 民族起源神話에 나타난 특징 연구

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국구비문학회
· 수록지 정보 : 구비문학연구 / 11호
· 저자명 : 崔元午

목차

1. 머리말
2. 돌궐어계 민족
3. 몽골어계 민족
4. 퉁구스어계 민족, 아이누
5. 맺음말

초록

본고는 신화적 관점에서 알타이어계 민족의 民族族源神話를 검토해보려는 것이다. 이러한 연구를 통해서 언어적 측면에서 동일 언어계통으로 묶이는 이들 민족이 신화적인 측면에서도 유사한 특성을 보이는지, 아니면 전혀 다른 특성을 보이는지 검토해보는 것은 의미가 있는 작업이 될 것이다. 그런데 알타이어계 민족의 종교적 기반은 샤만이즘이라는 점에서 이들 민족의 민족기원신화에는 샤만이즘의 종교적 특성이 공통적으로 반영되어 있을 것으로 본다. 이는 언어만큼이나 이들 민족에게 있어서는 불변의 정신적 요소라고 할 수 있다.

영어초록

This paper puts in order some characteristics of Altaic language group and Ainu national origin mythologies. Altaic peoples are divided into the Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus language groups, and compared with the Ainu, which are classified as an ancient Asian people group. The Ainu, however, are identical to the Altaic groups in both religion (shamanism) and various mythological elements as well. Thus it appears that the Ainu share much in common with the Altaic people groups.
Through this research I have taken a sampling of some of the similarities and differences in the national origin mythologies of the Altaic people groups and the Ainu. One similarity is that all of the groups worship a heavenly god; this appears to be related to the identical shamanistic beliefs of these groups, since the most important characteristic of shamanism is the worship of such a heavenly god. All of these groups also worship animals, which can also be judged to be related to shamanism. Yet the differences appear in the specific target of worship. Wolf worship, for example, is strong in the Turkic language group, while the Mongol language group peoples worship the dog, horse, and cow, and the Manchu-Tungus language group peoples and the Ainu worship the bear. This can be understood to be a product of the natural and ethnic environments in which each people group exists. Also, a strong relationship is revealed in the bear worship and tree worship that the Manchu-Tungus share in common.
The above research is merely an organization of the characteristics of Altaic national origin mythologies, not a deep examination of the subject. Yet this research shows promise for a meaningful investigation of the origins of various East Asian people groups from a mythological perspective.

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