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A study on folk customs' approach to caves  

이인화 (동국대학교 대학원)
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Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea / v., no.63, 2004 , pp. 21-43 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, I would like to review how our ancestors understood and used caves for which purposes, and also to research the good use of caves as residential area, myths and tales, proverbs and civilian religions through folk customs' approach to caves. in pre-historic age, I understood that the caves was used for residential area and for food life by various archeological data. I could review the meaning of caves through Dangoon myth and deeply comprehend the caves, as every cave has it's own tales related with mysterious world. Caves are spotlighting as proverbs related with unknown world, and the caves as prayer place and mental training place, and also as foods warehouse, military facility, and play space I.E sightseeing place from a viewpoint of modern living folk customs.
Keywords
cave; clothes; food; and sheller; myth; tale; proverb; civilian religion; living folk customs;
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