Soto - Outside

Japanese: 蘇塗 - そと

A religious event seen among the Mahan people who lived in the southern part of ancient Korea. It is also interpreted as a kind of asylum. The word sutō first appeared in the Weizhi/Handen section of the Records of the Three Kingdoms. The original document is extremely simple, with only a short explanation: "Each province has its own village, which is called sutō. Large trees are erected and bells and drums are hung to serve the gods and demons. When the exiles flee into it, none of them return." This has led to many disagreements over its interpretation. Masukichi Hashimoto argues that sutō refers to a village, and that this village is a kind of asylum.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

古代朝鮮の南部に住んだ馬韓族にみられた宗教的行事。一種のアジールとも解されている。蘇塗という語が史料に初見するのは《三国志》魏志･韓伝である。原史料がきわめて簡単で〈諸国，各々別邑有り，之を名づけて蘇塗と為す。大木を立て鈴鼓を県（か）け鬼神に事（つか）う。諸亡，逃れて其の中に至れば，皆之を還さず〉という短い説明だけのため，その解釈をめぐって異論が多い。橋本増吉は蘇塗は別邑のことで，この別邑が一種のアジールであるとした。

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