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Image: Mansindo (萬神圖), early 19th-c. Korean shamanic painting

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Description: This early nineteenth-century Korean shamanic painting depicts thirty-two deities. The three young figures in center wearing conical hats are the Jeseok triplets, one of the most important figures in Korean mythology. The figure in the center above is probably the Buddha, while the god with the tiger in bottom right is iconographically a mountain god (sansin). The young boy and girl in bottom left may be dongja and myeongdu spirits, while the figures in armor in right above are probably the spirits of generals (janggun-sin such as the fourteenth-century Choe Yeong, the fifteenth-century Nam I, or the seventeenth-century Im Gyeong-eop.
Title: Mansindo (萬神圖), early 19th-c. Korean shamanic painting
Credit: https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20171110147700371
Author: Unknown, early 1800s
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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