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There isn't any diference between studying Ulchi's beliefs, myths and those of Korean's and the origin of Korean culture, considering the place where Ulchi dwells was partly the territory of Buyeo, Koguryeo and Balhae, the kingdoms of ancient Korea. Ulchi's religions are based on animism, totemism and shamanism. They think that the things around them are the presentations of a good spirit and a bad spirit, and their fates are controlled by their will. They think there isn't any border between a human beings and a animal, according to view of animism. And they also think that a shaman can cure the patiences, guide their souls to the other world and predict what will happen in their future by performing a special ritual. Ulchi's myths are classified as following ; Cosmogonic myth including the tenor concerned with the origins of earth, human beings and animals, with astronomy, and with natural phenomena, spiritual myth including tenor consists of the worship spirits of the nature, totemic myth including tenor about the agents related to human and animal's world, and shamanic myth including tenor concerned with special authority of shaman. According to the Ulchi's view of universe, they consider the world consists of the heavenly world, the earthly world and the underworld. Soul does not get into certain shape, was given to a man by ancestor. They think that man's soul leaved body after his death settle in animal or thing, according to their view of animism. It is believed that they get ill when they lose their souls temporally, according their view of disease.


There isn't any diference between studying Ulchi's beliefs, myths and those of Korean's and the origin of Korean culture, considering the place where Ulchi dwells was partly the territory of Buyeo, Koguryeo and Balhae, the kingdoms of ancient Korea. Ulchi's religions are based on animism, totemism and shamanism. They think that the things around them are the presentations of a good spirit and a bad spirit, and their fates are controlled by their will. They think there isn't any border between a human beings and a animal, according to view of animism. And they also think that a shaman can cure the patiences, guide their souls to the other world and predict what will happen in their future by performing a special ritual. Ulchi's myths are classified as following ; Cosmogonic myth including the tenor concerned with the origins of earth, human beings and animals, with astronomy, and with natural phenomena, spiritual myth including tenor consists of the worship spirits of the nature, totemic myth including tenor about the agents related to human and animal's world, and shamanic myth including tenor concerned with special authority of shaman. According to the Ulchi's view of universe, they consider the world consists of the heavenly world, the earthly world and the underworld. Soul does not get into certain shape, was given to a man by ancestor. They think that man's soul leaved body after his death settle in animal or thing, according to their view of animism. It is believed that they get ill when they lose their souls temporally, according their view of disease.