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Hanguk Muga Jip (Collection of Korean Shamanic Songs)

Name: Hanguk Muga Jip (Collection of Korean Shamanic Songs)
Author: Kim Tae-gon (compiler)

Kim Tae-gon (compiler) · 1971-1980 · Korean

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Kim Tae-gon (compiler)

1971-1980

A four-volume collection of shamanic narrative songs (muga) transcribed from performances across Korea, including many versions of the Bari Gongju narrative sung at rites for the dead.

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A four-volume collection of shamanic narrative songs (muga) transcribed from performances across Korea, including many versions of the Bari Gongju narrative sung at rites for the dead.

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Princess BariquestCast away at birth for being a seventh daughter, Princess Bari is the only child willing to journey to the Western Heaven for the water that can save her dying parents; after years of labor and hardship she returns in time to revive them, and becomes the goddess who guides the dead.

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