충청남도 계룡산 연천봉 중턱에 두 개의 탑이 나란히 서있다. 바로 오누이탑이다. 이 탑에는 천년을 두고 전해 내려오는 전설이 있다. 전설의 내용은 한 젊은 스님이 위기에 처한 호랑이를 구해주었더니, 그 호랑이가 보은의 뜻으로 속세의 한 처녀를 그 중에게 물고 왔고, 이를 인연으로 스님과 처녀는 남매의 분을 맺어 불도를 행하며 평생을 마쳤다는 것이다. 이 이야기가 천년을 거쳐 내려온다는 사실은 분명 이 전설이 사람들의 마음에 계속적으로 어떤 영향을 주고 있기 때문일 것이다. 이 전설에 담겨 있는 의미는 어떤 것일까? 본 고는 천년을 내려오는 오누이탑에 대한 전설을 융의 분석심리학적 입장에서 해석하여 이 전설이 담고 있는 의미가 어떤 것인지를 밝히려고 하였다. 이러한 작업이 오누이탑의 전설을 듣는 이들에게 도움을 줄 수 있다고 생각했기 때문이다. 따라서 본 고는 먼저 구비문학에 대한 분석심리학의 입장을 살펴보고, 인간 무의식 속에 담겨 있는 원형들에 대하여 기술한 뒤 이를 바탕으로 오누이탑의 전설을 분석심리학적인 입장에서 해석해 놓았다.

We see the two pagodas that look each other side by side, on the way to go to Yeonchonbong, i.e., the peak of Mountain Kyeryong that is located in Ch'ungch'ŏngnam - do. We call those two pagodas, the Brother-sister pagodas. Upon the pagodas, we find a story which has been handed down to us for a thousand years. The story tells us that a buddhist monk rescued the tiger endangered. Later on, the tiger came up with a girl from the town to express its gratitude to the monk. As the monk and the girl swore to be the brother and sister, they had been practicing buddhism together up to the end of their lives. The townsfolks built two pagodas that look each other side by side to commemorate the chaste relationship between the monk and the girl. Since this story has been handed down to us for a thousand years, we are sure that there is something in the story that gives us some psychological impact. In this paper, we have tried to explicate the meaning of the story of the Brother-sister pagodas, which gives us a time proved psychological impact, in light of Karl Jung's analytical psychology. This sort of the psychological analysis would help us to understand the meaning of the pagodas. In so doing, we analysed the story itself first in light of analytical psychology. Second, we tried to find out the archetype of the story that is embedded in the human psyche. Based upon these preliminary researches, we finally interpreted the time proved impact up on our psyche which makes us hold on to the story of the Brother-sister pagodas for a thousand years.

We see the two pagodas that look each other side by side, on the way to go to Yeonchonbong, i.e., the peak of Mountain Kyeryong that is located in Ch'ungch'ŏngnam - do. We call those two pagodas, the Brother-sister pagodas. Upon the pagodas, we find a story which has been handed down to us for a thousand years. The story tells us that a buddhist monk rescued the tiger endangered. Later on, the tiger came up with a girl from the town to express its gratitude to the monk. As the monk and the girl swore to be the brother and sister, they had been practicing buddhism together up to the end of their lives. The townsfolks built two pagodas that look each other side by side to commemorate the chaste relationship between the monk and the girl. Since this story has been handed down to us for a thousand years, we are sure that there is something in the story that gives us some psychological impact. In this paper, we have tried to explicate the meaning of the story of the Brother-sister pagodas, which gives us a time proved psychological impact, in light of Karl Jung's analytical psychology. This sort of the psychological analysis would help us to understand the meaning of the pagodas. In so doing, we analysed the story itself first in light of analytical psychology. Second, we tried to find out the archetype of the story that is embedded in the human psyche. Based upon these preliminary researches, we finally interpreted the time proved impact up on our psyche which makes us hold on to the story of the Brother-sister pagodas for a thousand years.

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analytical psychology, Archetype, geo, shadow, Anima and Animus, self, process of individualization