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I have examined some beliefs in the Thunder God and their magico-ritual techniques in Korea from the perspective of Korean national religious history and have classified these types of beliefs. In several myths from ancient nations in Korea, the Thunder God was the Supreme being governing the Universe including the sky, earth, and water, and he justified political power transcendently. In the medieval period, the Thunder God who was called ‘the Supreme God and Celestial Worthy of the Ninth Heaven Who Spreads the Sound of the Thunder Corresponding to Primordial Origin’ was the object of Daoist ritual for rain. In the early Joseon period, people believed that the prehistoric stone tools known as thunder axes were the tools of the Thunder God, and thereby were imbued with medicinal power. In the late Joseon period, beliefs in the Thunder God developed in various ways such as the overcoming of wars and *  , E-mail: baummensch@naver.com 50  31 /  healing of diseases. Modern Korean national religions including Daesoon Jinrihoe reappropriated the Thunder God called ‘the Supreme God and Celestial Worthy of the Ninth Heaven Who Spreads the Sound of the Thunder Corresponding to Primordial Origin’ from the perspective of the Great Opening (Kaebyŏk) and the resolution of grievances (Haewon).

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The Historical Development of Beliefs in the Thunder God and their Magico-ritual Techniques as Viewed from the Perspective of Korean National Religious History