A study on characters from Korean mythology for developing cultural content characters : Focusing on ‘Cheoyong’ in “Samguk Yusa” "Cheoyongrangmanghaesa"

In this study, we examined the archetypes of characters from Korean mythology that can be used in the development of cultural content. For this purpose, the composition of <Cheoyongrangmanghaesa> included in “SamgukYusa” was analyzed. <Cheoyongrangmanghaesa> consists of ‘Cheoyong’s Story’ and ‘Indigenous God’s Story’. These stories showed that Cheoyong succeeded in communicating with the God of epidemics and Silla people, while the indigenous god failed to communicate with Silla people. In addition, the aspects and meaning of ‘Cheoyong’ that appears in <Cheoyong rangmanghaesa> were explored. In <Cheoyongrangmanghaesa>, ‘Cheoyong’ appears as ‘the ability to control the weather’, ‘dance and song’, ‘migration and adaptability’, ‘incorporation into the central nobility’, ‘the ability to see God’, ‘the ability to communicate with God’, ‘the ability to prevent infectious diseases’, and ‘a new guardian God’.