Case file · Folklore / legend
Princess Bari, first shaman, written down
The shaman epic of Bari, a cast-off seventh daughter who travels to the underworld to fetch the water of life for her parents, was recorded from Seoul mudang in the 1930s.
1937 CE · 37.57, 126.98 · status: legend
The account
Sung at gut rites for the dead (jinogwi gut), it explains why the shaman guides souls: Bari became the patron goddess of shamans. Akamatsu and Akiba published versions in 1937.