the Plague Spirit
Korean · numen · unified silla · Recorded classification
A WORD THAT IS ALSO A CLASS, AND THE RECORD SAYS SO. Yeoksin is used generally for the gods of epidemic disease, and the sonnim — the plague gods addressed as 'guests' — are a collective this batch rejects. What is ingested is the ONE yeoksin the Cheoyong narrative gives an act and an oath to, on the same footing as lane 22's Liekkiö, whose word also has a second, generic sense.
Domains
- epidemic disease
Relations
- faced by: CheoyongIn-batch.Reference treatment: Cheoyong confronts the Plague Spirit and it is humbled. (secondary)
Sources
- The Yeoksin of the Cheoyong story is the plague spirit found in Cheoyong's bed, humbled by his song and bound by an oath against houses showing his face.: Reference treatments of Cheoyong, of the Cheoyong-ga and of the Korean plague gods. (secondary)