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'Psychological control' of shaman who killed niece in charcoal ritual revealed

The court sentenced an older shaman — who had built a decades-long following through fear and superstition and killed her niece in a brutal charcoal ritual last year — to life imprisonment.

2025.10.8

Shaman Kim Jung-hee steps onto a jakdu, or straw cutter, as part of the Jakdugeori, a segment in a gut (Korean shamanistic ritual) wherein the shaman rides knives while possessed by the Jakdu general to prevent misfortune. [KIM JUNG-HEE]

[WHY] 4,000 years later, why are Koreans still visiting shamans?

Why is Korean shamanism, historically stigmatized and discounted by many as the stuff of superstition, still thriving in the 21st century? It has to do with the answers it provides to people's innermost desires.

2024.10.11

Not your grandmother's mudang, or shaman

The stereotypical image of a mudang, a Korean shaman, is an older woman wearing heavy make-up and a colorful costume. They are famously abrupt and no-nonsense. But modern-day shamans are a whole new breed.

2021.8.29

Tag: mudang

mudang

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'Psychological control' of shaman who killed niece in charcoal ritual revealed

[WHY] 4,000 years later, why are Koreans still visiting shamans?

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