hoped that he would live a long life just as a stone does not decay or perish. On the other hand, the name of the ritual in which the narrative was recited, dorang-chugwon (), is found in other areas of Korea where the myth of Dorang-seonbae is unknown. It may be that the mythological figure is named after the ritual, rather than vice versa. No version gives any indication of the meaning of "Cheongjeong". Two of the versions (the 1966 and Gazette versions) name the heroine "Cheongcheon" instead of "Cheongjeong." The Gazette version also names her husband "Doryang," not "Dorang." For the sake of consistency, the article will always refer to Dorang-seonbi and Cheongjeong-gaksi. Narratives Korean shamanic narratives are works of narrative oral literature sung during gut—the Korean term for large-scale rituals officiated by shamans—which constitute the mythology of Korean shamanism, the indigenous polytheistic religion of the country. As no standardized form of Korean shamanism or its mythology exists, shamanic narratives exist in multiple versions. There is also significant regional variation in the tradition, with many myths only recited in one specific region. The Song of Dorang-seonbi and Cheongjeong-gaksi is one such localized narrative, being unattested outside South Hamgyong Province, now North Korea. Several versions of the narrative are currently known. All versions recorded after the division of Korea in the late 1940s are from shamans who had fled the North Korean government, or people who had learned from those shamans. Gut rituals are illegal and no longer held in North Korea, so the oral transmission of the narrative is presumed extinct. The ritual was thought to be virtually extinct in South Korea as well, as most refugee shamans did not pass down their knowledge. But in the 2010s, researchers were able to contact a community descended from North Korean refugees, living near the city of Sokcho in South Korea, who continue to recite the narrative today. 1926 version Cheongjeong-gaksi, the daughter of two gods, is arranged to be married to a young nobleman named Dorang-seonbi. The groom falls very ill the moment he enters the bride's gate for the wedding. They consult a shaman, who tells them that the sickness is because Dorang-seonbi's marriage gifts to Cheongjeong-gaksi were ritually impure. They burn the gifts, but he continues to be nearly comatose. He leaves alone on the wedding night, after telling his wife that he will have died if she