''Gawp'' (

Jeju Jeju may refer to: * Jeju Island (Jejudo), an island near South Korea * Jeju Province (formerly transliterated Cheju), a province of South Korea comprising Jejudo **Jeju City, the biggest city on Jejudo **Jeju dog, a dog native to Jejudo ** Jeju l ...

: ) is a cosmological concept in Jeju Island

shamanism Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a Spirit world (Spiritualism), spirit world through Altered state of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, such as tranc ...

referring to the divide between heaven and earth, humans and non-humans, and the living and the dead. * In the Jeju creation myth, a ''gawp'' between heaven and earth is said to be created from the original mingled state of the universe. Later, the god Daebyeol-wang creates a ''gawp'' between humans and non-humans when he numbs the tongues of animals, plants, and rocks so that they can no longer speak, and physically separates the living from the dead. * In the Buldo-maji, a series of rituals held for fertility gods,

shamans Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritu ...

create a ''gawp'' between Saengbul-halmang, the goddess of childbirth and patron of young children, and Gusamseung-halmang, the goddess of dead children who send illnesses to kill babies and bring them under her dominion. * In the

Durin-gut The Durin-gut (), also called the Michin-gut () and the Chuneun-gut (), is the healing ceremony for mental illnesses in the Korean shamanism of southern Jeju Island. While commonly held as late as the 1980s, it has now become very rare due to th ...

, a ritual held to cure mental illnesses, shamans endeavor to create a ''gawp'' between the human patient and the malevolent ''

dokkaebi Dokkaebi ( ko, 도깨비) are legendary creatures from Korean mythology and folklore. Dokkaebi, also known as "Korean goblins", are nature deities or spirits possessing extraordinary powers and abilities that are used to interact with humans, ...

'' that has entered their body and is responsible for the insanity.

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* * * {{cite journal , author = 김선희 (Kim Sun-hee) , title = 'Bepo-doeop-chim'-ui changjo-sinhwa-jeok seonggyeok , script-title = ko:「베포도업침」의 창조신화적 성격 , trans-title = The nature of the ''Bepo-doeop-chim'' as a creation myth , journal = Yeongjueomun , issn = 1598-9011 , volume = 22 , year = 2011 , pages = 61–90 , url = https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART001576913 , access-date = June 8, 2020 , ref = {{harvid, Kim S., 2011 Korean shamanism Culture in Jeju Province