Mu-ga: The Ritual Songs of the Korean Mudangs

Author: Im Sok-jae
Translated by: Alan C Heyman
Publisher: Jain Publishing, 2003
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Introduced and Translated by Alan C. Heyman
This work is mainly comprised of a translation into English of four complete large-scale Korean Shaman ritual songs transcribed from tape recordings, which, until the present time, have remained either entirely untranslated, or, if otherwise, are only quoted in the form of brief excerpts in a few short articles. The song contents cover a broad regional spectrum which contain invaluable materials related to Korean folklore, mythology, literature, history, and religion, and offer deep insight into a facet of Korean culture that has remained largely overlooked and unexplored.

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