Korean shamanism, also known as
Muism (
Mugyo "
mu [shaman] religion") or
Sinism }
Shingyo "religion of the
shin [gods]", is the
ethnic religion of
Korea and the
Koreans. Although used synonymously, the two terms are not identical: Jung Young Lee describes Muism as a form of Sinism - the
shamanic tradition within the religion. Other names for the religion are
Shindo ( "Way of the Gods"),
Shindoism (
Shindogyo "religion of the Way of the Gods"),
Gosindo ( "Way of the Ancestral Gods"), and
Pungwoldo ( "Way of Brightness"). It has approximately 5-15 million followers.