When Yeongdeung descends to Jeju each spring, the winds she brings churn Yongwang's seas, and the weather at her departure reveals whether the Dragon King's waters will yield abundance or hardship for the island's fishermen.
⚠ Some Jeju Yeongdeunggut traditions describe Yeongdeung as Yongwang's mother-in-law, linking wind and sea through kinship, but this familial connection is not consistent across all versions of the ritual narrative.
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