No shamanic narratives about Princess Gongsim are known, but six versions of a southwestern Korean myth about the figure—all told outside a ritual context—have been transcribed by researchers. Five were collected in the 1930s by the Japanese sociologist Akiba Takashi, and one in the 1970s by the Korean scholar Kim Jeong-eop. Oral transmission of the myth appears to have ended as of 2013, although the brief Gongsim-related invocations recited by shamans during rituals continue. In the majority of versions, Gongsim is a princess of the Goryeo (918―1392) dynasty who is struck with sinbyeong, a disease that can only be cured by initiation into shamanism. She is initiated at Namsan, a mountain in Seoul, and spreads the shamanic religion in Korea. The three most detailed versions were transcribed from Okgwa (now part of Gokseong County), Jeonju, and Tongyeong.