Jeongsu-nam
Jeju Island shamanism · deity · Jeju Island shamanism traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Jeongsu-nam is the coarse, gluttonous herdsman of Jacheongbi's household in the Segyeong bon-puri. Lusting after her, he lures her deep into the mountains under the pretext of finding Mun-doryeong, and there attempts to force himself upon her; she kills him with a hairpin to escape. Later, needing his labour and moved by her family's reproaches, she brings the resurrection flowers of the Seocheon fields and restores him to life. When the farming offices are finally distributed, the revived Jeongsu-nam is set beneath the lovers as Ha-segyeong, the lower god of agriculture who governs cattle and the herdsmen who drive them, so that the chant enrolls even this violent servant among the tutelary gods of Jeju husbandry.
Domains
- livestock and herding
Powers
- preside over cattle and herdsmen
Epithets
- 하세경 — Ha-segyeong, the Lower God of Farming (god of herds)Hyun Yong-jun, Jeju-do musok jaryo sajeon (Seoul: Singu Munhwasa, 1980) (primary)
Relations
- enemy: JacheongbiHe lures Jacheongbi into the mountains and tries to assault her; she kills him with a hairpin and later revives him.Hyun Yong-jun, Jeju-do musok jaryo sajeon (Seoul: Singu Munhwasa, 1980) (primary)
Sources
- Jeongsu-nam, the herdsman of the Segyeong bon-puri, assaults Jacheongbi and is killed by her, then revived and made Ha-segyeong, the lower god of farming and livestock.: Hyun Yong-jun, Jeju-do musok jaryo sajeon [Dictionary of Jeju Shamanic Materials] (Seoul: Singu Munhwasa, 1980) (primary); Choi Won-oh, An Illustrated Guide to Korean Mythology (Folkestone: Global Oriental, 2008) (secondary)