The Munjeon Bonpuri (Korean: 문전본풀이), meaning 'Annals of the Door', 'Book of the Door', 'Narration of the Door' or 'Explanation of the Door', is a myth...

mythology but with a similar core story: the Menggam bon-puri of the Jeju tradition, the Jangja-puri of the Jeolla tradition, and the Honswi-gut narrative...

King Ogu, uses the five Hwansaengkkot to revive her dead father. In the Munjeon Bonpuli myth, Nokdisaengin, the seventh son of Namseonbi, revives his dead...

The bon-puri (Jeju and Korean: 본풀이 bon-puri, lit. 'origin narration') are Korean shamanic narratives recited in the shamanic rituals of Jeju Island, to...

Samani, who had bribed Haewonmaek to live for 40,000 years. (See Menggam bon-puri myth) Gangnim knelt down and began to wash charcoal on a river. When people...

transcribed by scholars between the 1920s and 1980s, and the Cheonji-wang bon-puri narrative of southern Jeju Island, which exists in multiple versions and...

The Semin-hwangje bon-puri is a Korean shamanic narrative formerly recited in southern Jeju Island during the funeral ceremonies. As it is no longer transmitted...

The Samgong bon-puri (Korean: 삼공본풀이) is a Korean shamanic narrative recited in southern Jeju Island, associated with the goddess Samgong. It is among the...

hanging, then the owner is away and will be back soon. The Jeju myth Munjeon bon-puri offers a legendary explanation for the origin of the gates. They were...

as Munjeon (문전; 門前) is the god of the door in Korean shamanism. The worship of Munshin is strongest in Jeju Island, where Munshin (known as Munjeon) is...