Abstract:This paper articulates Jeju shamanistic ideas of the human soul. While it has been thought in Jeju that human beings have three or even seven souls, I argue that these numbers are not specific but rather indicate the complete state of the multipart soul. By analyzing the neokdeurim, a Jeju shamanistic ritual performed to reintegrate the human soul, and by referring to related Jeju myths, I demonstrate that Jeju shamanism suggests that every person has a single soul. The soul can be divided into many smaller parts, each of which can depart from the body while the person is living if one meets with a serious accident or is frightened. Parts of the soul that have left the human body do not have independent personalities. Though it is not known where the departed part of the soul goes, it is commonly thought that it wanders around the world. The leaving of a part of the soul is thought to make a person vulnerable to attack by evil spirits and the diseases they bring, though this is not a physical illness itself. It is in order to bring back those departed parts of the soul that the neokdeurim needs to be conducted.

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济州萨满教的灵魂观在Neokdeurim仪式中很明显

摘要：本文阐述了济州萨满教的人类灵魂思想。虽然在济州岛有人认为人类有三个甚至七个灵魂，但我认为这些数字并不具体，而是表示多部分灵魂的完整状态。通过分析neokdeurim，济州萨满教的一种重新整合人类灵魂的仪式，并通过参考相关的济州神话，我证明济州萨满教表明每个人都有一个灵魂。灵魂可以分成许多更小的部分，如果一个人遇到严重的事故或受到惊吓，每个部分都可以在人活着的时候离开身体。离开人体的灵魂部分没有独立的人格。虽然不知道灵魂的离去部分去了哪里，但人们普遍认为它在世界各地游荡。人们认为灵魂的一部分离开会使人容易受到邪灵及其带来的疾病的攻击，尽管这本身并不是一种身体疾病。为了将灵魂中那些死去的部分带回来，neokdeurim 需要进行。