Korean shamanism

Korean shamanism, also known as Muism (Korean:무교 Mugyo "mu [shaman] religion") or Sinism (신교)} Shingyo "religion of the shin (hanja: 神 ) [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 (traditional Chinese: 神道;;Korean: 신도 "Way of the Gods"), Shindoism (traditional Chinese: 神道敎;;Korean: 신도교 Shindogyo "religion of the Way of the Gods"), Gosindo (traditional Chinese: 古神道;;Korean: 고신도 "Way of the Ancestral Gods"), and Pungwoldo (hanja: 風月道 "Way of Brightness"). It has approximately 5-15 million followers.