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  Tigers, Shamans, and Superstars: Decoding the Cultural DNA of K-Pop Demon Hunters Listen to the Podcast Twin Pillars of the Korean Mythos: Portraits of the Shaman and the Tiger The global success of cultural phenomena like the animated film  K-Pop Demon Hunters  reveals a burgeoning international fascination with the foundational archetypes of the Korean cultural psyche: the shaman, known as the  mudang  (무당), and the tiger, or  horangi  (호랑이). These figures are not mere relics of a distant past; they are living symbols that continue to inform the nation's identity, art, and spiritual consciousness, now finding new expression on the world stage. To understand their profound and growing appeal is to explore a worldview built upon a sophisticated understanding of duality. Far from presenting a simple binary of good and evil, the shaman and the tiger embody the inherent paradoxes of power, divinity, and authority. The Voice of the Spirits: Understanding...