Thesaurus:무속인

Thesaurus

무속인

Korean

Noun

Sense: Priest of Korean folk religion

Terms particularly common or important in modern Korean, either in academia or in colloquial conversation, are bolded.

Synonyms

• 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin) (common and polite term)
• 무당(巫堂) (mudang) (most common but potentially demeaning term)
• 무(巫) (mu) (academic and less common term)
• 샤먼 (syameon) (highly academic)
• 점쟁이 (jeomjaeng'i) (means fortune-teller in South Korea, but shaman or priest in North Korea)
• 무격(巫覡) (mugyeok) (dated or archaic)
• 무자(巫子) (muja) (rare)
• 사무(師巫) (samu) (rare)
• 만신(萬神) (mansin, literally “myriad divinity”) (honorific, chiefly female, for trance-possession shamans)
• 보살(菩薩) (bosal, literally “bodhisattva”) (honorific, chiefly female)
• 도사(道士) (dosa, literally “Dao adept”) (honorific, chiefly male)
• 선녀(仙女) (seonnyeo, literally “immortal woman”) (honorific, female)
• 기자(祈者) (gija, literally “praying one”) (honorific)
• 대신(大神) (daesin, literally “great divinity”) (honorific)

Hyponyms

(Regional terms)

• 신선(神仙) (sinseon, “priest from the Pyongan and Yukjin regions”)
• 스승 (seuseung, “priest from Hamgyong Province”)
• 호시아비 (hosiabi, “male priest from Hamgyong Province”)
• 호시미 (hosimi, “female priest from Hamgyong Province”)
• 고드개 무당 (godeugae mudang, “novice priest from Hamgyong Province”)
• 경관만신 (gyeonggwanmansin, “high-ranking priest from Hwanghae Province”)
• 산이 (sani, “hereditary male drummer priest from southern Korea”)
• 대사산이 (daesasani, “high-ranking drummer priest from the southern Korean coastline”)
• 고인 (goin, “hereditary male drummer priest from southern Korea”)
• 화랭이 (hwaraeng'i, “hereditary male priest from southern Korea”)
• 미지 (miji, “hereditary female priest from southern Gyeonggi Province”)
• 법사(法師) (beopsa, “mantra-reciting priest from Chungcheong Province”)
• 경객(經客) (gyeonggaek, “mantra-reciting priest from Chungcheong Province”)
• 무지내(巫知唻) (mujinae, “knowledgeable priest from Jeolla Province”)
• 승방 (seungbang, “priest from the southern Korean coastline”)
• 대모(大母) (daemo, “high-ranking priestess from the southern Korean coastline”)
• 소모(小母) (somo, “apprentice priestess from the southern Korean coastline”)
• 심방 (simbang, “priest from Jeju Island”)
• 소미 (somi, “priest-in-training from Jeju Island”)
• 당(堂)맨심방 (dangmaensimbang, “priest from Jeju Island officiating at a fixed shrine”)

(By gender)

• 무녀(巫女) (munyeo, “female priest”)
• 여무(女巫) (yeomu, “female priest”) (less common)
• 박수 (baksu, “male priest”)
• 남무(男巫) (nammu, “male priest”)
• 단공(端公) (dan'gong, “male priest”) (rare)
• 적각 (jeokgak, “male priest”) (rare)
• 판수 (pansu, “male priest”) (rare)

(By religious experience, vocation, or rank)

• 애동제자 (aedongjeja, “novice priest”)
• 큰무당 (keunmudang, “accomplished priest”, literally “great priest”)
• 선무당 (seonmudang, “inexperienced priest”)
• 신부모(神父母) (sinbumo, “mentoring priest”, literally “divine parent”)
• 신자식(神子息) (sinjasik, “mentored priest”, literally “divine child”)
• 강신무(降神巫) (gangsinmu, “trance-possession shaman”) (academic)
• 세습무(世襲巫) (seseummu, “hereditary village priest”) (academic)
• 단골 (dan'gol, “hereditary village priest”)
• 명두 (myeongdu, “shaman possessed by the spirit of a young child”)
• 당주(堂主)무당 (dangjumudang, “priest who officiates the ritual at their own shrine”)
• 청송무당 (cheongsongmudang, “priest who performs rituals at others' shrines”)
• 국무(國巫) (gungmu, “priest historically hired by the state”)
• 무의(巫醫) (muui, “healer priest”)
• 잡태무당 (japtaemudang, “fraud priest”) (used only in North Korea)