The invocation honors Gongsim as the symbolic queen and ruler of shamans, and affirms the religion's historical legitimacy. The association of the first shaman with royal blood seeks to increase the religion's social prestige, for much the same reason that Princess Bari—another shamanic founder—is also a king's daughter. The peak of Namsan that the princess is connected to was the original seat of Guksa-dang, the most important shamanic temple in the city of Seoul and a major center of religious devotion. The place name Namsan South Mountain may also suggest a contrast with Bei Mangshan (lit. 'Northern Mount Mang'), a peak full of cemeteries north of the Chinese capital of Luoyang which has become an East Asian metonymy for death, and thus imply an association between shamanism and the forces of life.