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The transmission of Byuksa is specific and also universal in its role as an archive from which to explore the collective unconscious and its prototype functioning within an ethnic group. For thousands of years, an incantation ceremony called ‘Blocking Misfortunes’ took place in the royal palace and also at homes. Through the ceremony, people wished for health and abundance, and aimed to prevent misfortunes such as diseases, suffering, and bad luck. In Korea, ‘Cheoyong’ is spirits that drive away evil spirits, and are also Munsin, which represents Byuksa. Cheoyong is a mythical symbol from incantations based on the Belief of Dragon, which is deeply entrenched in the collective unconscious of Koreans. Cheoyong, who was enjoying all the power and prosperity possible, witnesses a tragic scene of his wife and Yeoksin committing adultery. On witnessing, he withdraws, singing and dancing in an ironical laughter. Deeply moved by Cheoyong’s generosity, Yeoksin surrenders, and flees away, swearing that he would never enter a door just by seeing Cheoyong’s picture on the door. As a result, this develops into the Byuksa tradition of posting Cheoyong’s picture on the door to repel evil spirits and greet happy occasions. Cheoyongmu effectively demonstrated the Shinmyong of the five elements and coexistence ingrained in the collective unconscious of Koreans. Upon implementing exorcism, Cheoyong embraces the situation by singing and dancing with laughter. Cheoyonga, Cheoyongmu sublimated into beautiful Folk Art by unravelling Shinmyong of the five elements and coexistence. As such, this study contemplated upon the prototypes of the collective unconscious of Koreans through the transmission of Cheoyong, which is still being reproduced into cultural forces.