Rusalka And Gui-Sin Essay

Even though both Rusalka and Cho-Nue Gui-Sin might help people, they have mainly negative images on them. Many regions conducted some forms of actions to avoid harms from those spirits. Although Rusalka was believed to live near the water because they cannot be survived without having a wet hair, people believed that in a certain period of time, which were varying from regions to regions, they were believed to come to visit their villages. While Rusalka might provide moistures to their land and crops, they might damage to crops because they might trample on the field and stole young agricultural crops from people. Since people believed that Rusalka might cause harm to their farms and kill people, they conducted some forms of ritual ceremonies to expel Rusalka. During the Rusalka week, which was in early summer, people believed that
On the other hand, there was a way to solve the problem. Cho-Nue Gui-Sin were believed to not cause any damage to people if they resolve their resentments, so people sometimes conducted the wedding ceremony for the Cho-Nue Gui-Sin with Mon-dal Gui-Sin, a male version of Cho-Nue Gui-Sin. (Kim) Processes of the ceremony were different from regions to regions and religions to religions. Normally, wedding ceremonies were conducted by monks or shamans for dead couples. On the other hand, sometimes it was conducted for a dead person and a living person. Even though this kind of wedding ceremonies are rarely happened these days, some people still conduct the wedding ceremonies for the death people. In the folk beliefs of Korea, getting married was becoming more important after their death. In the folk religions of Korea, people worshiped for their ancestors. At the same time, a person who was dead without getting married could not be their ancestors. Therefore, even after the death, importance of marriage was not disappeared, but the importance was remained.