Barigongju shepherds the souls of the dead through the underworld, guiding gwishin to their final rest as the foremost psychopomp of Korean shamanic tradition.
When Sobyeolwang won rulership of the human world through trickery, his corrupt governance allowed gwishin and malicious spirits to roam freely among the living, bringing evil and disorder to the mortal realm.
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