An interesting post today, @slowwalker, illustrated with many beautiful photos.

The stone relief of the mountain god contrasted with the more ornate, painted depiction of Buddha.

The women were kneeling before the relief praying, obviously for protection and prosperity - and they were motivated not to neglect this worship by the presence of tigers that could be dispatched by the mountain god to wreak harm if offerings were not regularly made to him.

It's an aspect of shamanistic religion that involves appeasing the gods and a reminder that such worship is not always motivated by piety, but often by fear.

So much of life is uncertain but fear seems to me to not be the best motive for worship.

Seoul appears to be a repository of sacred places displaying many varied views of spiritual experiences.

Have a good day, my friend.