Comparative Study of Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions Related to Death in Korean and Mongolian

This article seeks to compare and analyse lexical and idiomatic expressions that are related to death in the Korean and Mongolian languages and which arise from important aspects of cultural and religious identity in Korea and Mongolia. Focusing on a selected number of examples, the study explores the similarities and the differences in Korean and Mongolian language usage and meaning in relation to death rites, such as the death of a child and the death of an animal. Eight such rites are examined in this article with reference to an extensive lexicon of diverse cultural expressions. These represent death in terms of social and hierarchical structures and provide perspectives on the phenomenon of death in different religious contexts. The present article thus sheds light onto the sociocultural exchange and occasional fusion between 'agrarian' Korea and 'nomadic' Mongolia. Adapted from the source document