#jangseung

[eirikswood]

Our Elders Enshrine the Ancestors as Jangseung and Dol Hareubang

the jangseung 장승 totem poles of Korea and the dol hareubang 돌 하르방 lava rock statues of Jeju are village guardians carved into humorous and terrifying caricatures of grandparents or folk deities. They are often placed on the outskirts of town near the sinmok 신목, a sacred tree (usually a zelkova serrata, Korean pine, or ginkgo biloba) with a sotdae 솟대 (carved duck on a pole) pointing away from the village to ward off ill-fortune, disease, and unwanted visitors.

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Stone Jangseung (Totem pole) Gwangju Folk Art Museum South Korea, South Jeolla Province

[stumpyjoepete]

A few weeks ago, we went to the "Red Spider Lily Festival". This other couple invited us to go, and we had a good time, but I eventually figured out that of the 4 of us, only one person actually likes flowers. Anyhow, it was something to do.

The station closest to the festival is called Koma Station, and that's spelled 高麗駅. This name is curious for a couple reasons.

First off, 高麗 is the old name for Korea, from the historical kingdom of Goguryeo/Goryeo. (That's actually the origin of the English word "Korea".) Why, right outside of Tokyo, is there something basically called "Korea station"?

Secondly, that historical kingdom, 高麗, is pronounced Kо̄rai in Japanese, not Koma. Why is the station called Koma but spelled 高麗?

Also, why are there two weird ass poles outside the station entrance? Great general of all under heaven? Underworld lady general? Something like that?

The answer can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koma_clan

Something something war with China, prince lost and fled to Japan, was giving a low ranking officialship and some land which he was allowed to settle a bunch of Korean refugees on. His clan name (or something along those lines) was Koma, so the place got named after him and the written form was basically "Korea". I guess either he considered himself as coterminous with the legitimate Korean state in exile, or the Japanese just thought that's what a duchy of Korean refugees ought to be called.

Oh and the poles are Jangseung, which are Korean shamanist things.

[northstarfan]

For fanfic ask game!

"Feather"

More an abandoned work than a WIP, but here you go:

The touch was a tacit request written on his skin in feather-light strokes, and the Jangseung shivered before he could check himself.

[keii-starz]

poor jangseung...he keeps getting threatened by foxes 😭

[belovedsemi1995]

<The ARTS OF MOUNTAINS> For Koreans, mountains are the prototype of life.

Three concepts can summarise the transformation of how Koreans consider the mountains

firstly, they thought of the mountains as the sky. The mountain was identified with heaven. In Dangun mythology, the place where Hwan-in's son Hwan-woong came down to save the human world was Taebaeksan Mountain, and the mountain was a medium that connected the transcendent existence of the sky and humans of the earth and was itself supported as a substitute for the sky.

secondly, As the mountain, which was the object of worship, is recognized as an important environment for human life, it begins to be identified as a dragon. The mountain is large but also small, soaring and lying down, rough and gentle, and appears but also hiding, and the shape of the mountain branches is not constant and the small movements are different. they thought These characteristics look like dragons. In feng shui geography, the location and situation of water along with mountains are emphasized.

"The mountain represents a gathering of energy, and the water represents exercising energy. The power that runs on the mountain gathers as a dragon, and when the dragon approaches the water, it gives life." This is why the book on the theme of the mountain includes a chapter on water.

Finally, Koreans eventually made up a mountain if there are no mountains where it should be. It is Josan, which is also called the pure Korean word "Jieunmoe." From the perspective of feng shui, if there is no mountain in the place where the mountain should be, people collecting soil the soil to make a low hill, or built a stone tower, or jangseung- a Korean totem pole- placed on the spot to replace the mountain.

Now, If you know the thoughts of these ancestors, you will know why Seoul became the capital of Korea. Seoul is surrounded by mountains on all sides and has a large river trunk in the middle. I think it was able to become the capital because it was a great place for feng shui geography.

[overwatchfanskinarchive]

Korean Jangseung (Village Guardian) Orisa by 해용아트 (seadragon789)

[paulpingminho]

[zen-and-the-art-of-caregiving]

Breaking the Cycle

[zawuel]

Inktober #23: Ancient #inktober #ancient #jangseung #totem #totempole #koreantotem #koreanfolklore #koreanhistory #joseon #generalunderallheaven #zawuel https://www.instagram.com/p/B394H2oFQhn/?igshid=4k8dc6r62ck1

[lwanagahime]

Burnout doodles, a bunch of OCs with KnY faces

[little-witchys-garden]

Why carrying skeleton keys are important!

I've talk about things my elders told me to carry and now we will talk about skeleton keys!

The spiritual meaning of Skeleton Keys specifically symbolize openings, protection, passages, physic abilities, crossroads, doorways, different realms, travel and the veil.

There are multiple divine that line up with keys such as

Hecate

The fae

Portunus

Dionysus

Hermes

Isis

Enodia

Persephone

Bacchus

Cardea

Diana

Forculus

Lima

Limentinus

Janus

Mercury

Proserpina

Terminus

Gná

Heimdall

Hermóðr

Odin,

Užsparinė

Chen Huang Shen

Menshen

Chen Wenlong

Guan Ying

Huang Xie

Ji Shun

Jian Yi

Jiao Ming

Liu Zongyuan

Pang Yu

Qu Tan

Shen Sheng

Su Jian

Te Xuan

Wen Tianxiang

Xiao He

Yang Jianshan

Yao Yichung

Ying Bu

Ying Zhixu

Zhou Ke

Zhu Yigui

Makiubaya

Manduyapit

Jangseung

Munsin

Izanagi

Izanami

Osiris

Legba

Elegua

Agni

Ganesha

Pushan

Dumuzi

Tammuz

Inanna

Ishtar

Attis

{ these aren't all of them }

I was told carrying a key can do multiple things and connect with divine if there need be. It helps make better connection between you and the divine because keys unlock doors but they are also for protection because keys lock doors that you don't want open.

There is lots of superstitions that skeleton keys can unlock any mortal made door, unlock hearts and help travel into different realms. We can even see these superstitions in todays modern media such as Coraline, Alice in wonderland, Pan's labyrinth, and The labyrinth in naming a few.

It's said different colored keys mean different things

Silver keys = physic abilities, protection, peace, love, the moon, purity, clarity, and vision.

Copper keys = the sun, intuition, love, desire, passion, compassion, strength.

Iron keys = human strength, obstinacy, fortitude, honor, courage, sharpness (of body and mind), tenacity, confidence, power and protection.

Gold keys = illuminating, sacred, durability, the sun, beauty, purity.

Tin keys = the planet Jupiter, health, wealth, affluence, wisdom, logic, education, maturity, and knowledge.

Painted keys will represent whatever the color represents and the metal it's made from.

[bookoffixedstars]

Two examples of Korean tutelary deities and village guardians. The Jangseungs (wooden totem poles) and the Sotdaes (tall wooden poles with a carved bird on its top). Gokgyo-ri, Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, 1916. © National Museum of Korea.

[joseonjubu]

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[devi-nyx-elsword-theorist]

Part 2 of Elsword 4th path idea’s theory!!!

So as we know that Code: Antithese her passive, Warm Queen one of the effects works if a Code: Esencia is nearby. So my idea here is if 4th path Raven benefits from something similar but with different Eve or Add path’s nearby. say the passive is obtained right when he gets done with his job advancement from Altera to Feita. it’s called Nasod Arm Maintenance the effect and wordings as follows “ Raven, asks Eve for maintenance for the Nasod Arm to make it more versatile in combat. Eve helped Raven come up with the Arm to change forms.” Base Gains Critical Damage increase and Awakening Time. If Code: Ultimate or Mad Paradox is nearby Grant Raven 10% in All Skill Damage (Does not Stack, and will only work with one.) If Code: Esencia or Doom Bringer is nearby Grant Raven 15% Damage Reduction and 10% Physical Damage increase. (Does Not Stack) If Code: Sariel or Dominator are nearby Raven has 10% for Double Damage (Does not Stack) If Code: Antithese or 4th Path Add is nearby Grant Raven 5% All Skill Damage, 3% Physical Damage Increase, and 5% Double Damage a 1% to do additional Nasod Drill attack (Does Not Stack.) A little too far. but the Add 4th Path is where I want to go a little deeper with here just liek Ara. but first Add. Add discovers the path of using his Dynamo’s in a more aggressive stance, by using blueprints from Nasod Inspector, now his Dynamo’s can take form of looking more like various Nasod like weapons at first they swirl in a fast forward motion like a drill. Most of the skills for 4th path Add is using his Dynamo’s, one of the references to Eve’s deleted skill, Illusion Strike is where Add’s dynamo’s pummel the enemy directly in front of him. When Add get’s his transcendance 3 of his skills will reference the attack done from Atlas dungeons and Elysion Dungeons. namely Herbaon and CODE: MAYA. I think Add using his dynamo’s in a more namely matter as a physical path will show that he could use those dynamo’s in a threatening manner. Ara as a Priestess, I want this to be a pair up like thing for a passive with 4th path Chung if he became corrupt by demons, not like the normal means, but the fact Chung becomes so aggressive becoming almost demon at hand, Ara intervenes him where she gains some stat buffs to herself and the Chung where the passive is called  Jangseung? but its where Ara uses more paper seals, using her magic abilities, even to assist allies, but the only Ara path where  Ara will use the seals and Haan family secret to seal and remove demons from people, but the risk of it, is that she can’t get close to Ran without him attacking her or preventing her from stopping him. So Ara decides to help Chung whenever he starts acting up from the demonic energy from himself. So what if once they reach 3rd Job, Ara has a more sorrowful smile as if she’s almost to the point of saving Aren, while Chung seems to look like he went at peace with this demonic aura giving a more with Ara’s help, Chung has finally, made it to where the entity has given up on trying to completely possess Chung. I know it sounds cliche, but I like to see some classes with some Passive or story related things involves another class for the passive to have another use.

[bestwiz]