Seongmo of Jirisan (智異山 聖母)
The Holy Mother of Jirisan, honoured in a rite that has moved three times in a thousand years.
Seongmo Cheonwang is the goddess of Jirisan, which Korea counted as the southern peak among its five sacred mountains. The rite in her honour was held at Nogodan until early Goryeo, moved in early Joseon to Namaksa where it continued until 1907, was suspended under Japanese rule, and resumed after liberation at an altar beside Hwaeomsa. A stone image of her stood at the summit, Cheonwangbong, and the name Nogodan itself derives from Halmidang, the grandmother’s shrine.
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