조상숭배의 사적 영역과 여성- 서울굿 조상거리를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper explores the reason why the shamanism, which was informal religion and was criticized as a sermon, survived persistently in terms of ancestor worship and women. In traditional society, women did not participate in the priestly initiative. Especially, the Confucian ceremony based on paternalism was strengthened in the late Joseon period, and the women were thoroughly excluded from their blood sacrifices. In traditional societies, women could not host or participate in their own family sacrifices. It was possible to receive sacrifices as ancestors, or to help the ancestors, but all of them were confined to sacrifices on the side of the husband. Because of this, women informally sacrificed their direct ancestors through Buddhism or shamanism. Especially, in the case of Je-su-gut of Seoul which was regularly done, this aspect could be confirmed clearly in the ancestral geo-ri. In the Je-su-gut, where the women of the poetry have opened for their own family, not only the ancestors of the women but also the ancestors of the fathers were surely gathered. Even if he did not set up a gut for his parents or did not do his own family gut, it could be confirmed that her family could be offered regularly at the ancestral geo-ri of Je-su-gut. Unlike the temporary rites of death, Je-su-gut performed regularly in spring and autumn like traditional death day service of Confucianism. The reason why women were active participants of shamanism, which is a personal area of religion in traditional society, is that Gut is satisfied this need of women.