KOREA 104A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dragon Spirit, Exorcism
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Arguably, this is the main argument of the article as a whole, as this religious conflict between an old and new practice is the idea that tongni is seeking to convey through the story. The story begins with tongni describing the shaman painting that the father and daughter gifted to his family, which leads him to talk about nangi, a reincarnated mortal version of the. 12th daughter of the dragon spirit, otherwise known as flower. She is known to be deaf, having been transformed into a peach blossom as a curse for stealing her sister fruit"s suitor bird. Nangi has both a shaman mother named mohawa and a half-brother ugi who believes in. He tries to share with both mohawa and nangi his new-found beliefs, but is quickly dismissed as he is accused of being possessed by a demon.
