Abstract
The subject of this study is the Korean novel Baeksado (The Picture of White Serpent) (1939). It depicts a female shaman who worships snakes, a man's maniacal love for that female shaman, and the tragic fate that the two face as a result of that love. This study tries to search for the root of the horror, dream, bizarreness, and beauty of the 'Picture of White Serpents’--the fantasy created by dozens of snakes wrapped around a woman's beautiful body—which cannot be explained by modern rationality. The Baek Baek Gyo (White Cult) Incident, which shook Korean society in the late 1930s when Baeksado was published, can be an important clue to this search. This study focuses on the relationship between the Baek Baek Gyo Incident and the creation of Baeksado while trying to find the traces of the supernatural world that have been removed under the name of 'civilization'.
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