The Korean Legend of Princess Bari
- Date of account
- Oral shamanic tradition; written transcriptions chiefly modern
- Location
- Korea, with regional variants
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Princess Bari is a Korean shamanic narrative in which an abandoned daughter undertakes a journey to obtain life-restoring water or medicine for her dead or dying parents. She is associated with death rites, underworld travel, initiation, and the origin or role of the shaman. Regional versions vary in names, episodes, and ritual performance. The tradition matters for comparing quest narratives, female religious authority, and death mediation. Because much evidence comes from modern field recordings and transcriptions, researchers should distinguish performed versions from literary retellings and generalized summaries.
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