Painting of Shamanic Deity
Musindo is the painting of a deity worshipped by a shaman. Such paintings are also called muhwa (shamanic painting) or hwabun, and are hung in the personal shrines of possessed shamans (gangsinmu) or in village shrines. Musindo takes up great significance in shamanic practice and all possessed shamans enshrine paintings of deities that have descended upon them. They are generally individual paintings, painted in color on paper or silk. The oldest remaining musindo in Korea are the paintings in t
Korean Folk Beliefs