目次
自序 1
輯一
傳說的高砂族(一) 3
久遠神代的故事 3
取得火種的故事 7
搗蛋神的故事 8
女護島的故事 11
輯二
傳說的高砂族(二) 17
征伐太陽的故事 17
日、月、星的故事 19
變成雷電的故事 23
舉天王鳥的故事 24
風、雨、雪的故事 26
輯三
傳說的高砂族(三) 31
開始狩首的故事 31
開始分家的故事 33
獨木舟的故事 36
預言者的故事 38
輯四
傳說的高砂族(四) 43
二神變成鶴的故事 43
少女入月的故事 45
少女變成鷲的故事 48
女人森林的故事 50
輯五
傳說的高砂族(五) 57
穿山甲與猴子的故事 57
開始刺青的故事 59
無人島的故事 61
祭祀夜晚的故事 64
Translation
Translator’s Introduction 71
Taiwanese Indigenous People in the Legends (I) 77
1. A Legend from the Ancient Age of the Gods 77
2. A Legend about Obtaining Tinder 80
3. A Legend about the Naughty God 82
4. A Legend about the Female-Only Island 85
Taiwanese Indigenous People in the Legends (II) 89
1. A Legend about the Conquest of a Sun 89
2. A Legend about the Sun, the Moon, and the Star 92
3. A Legend about Thunder and Lightning 95
4. A Legend about the King of Birds Lifting the Sky 96
5. A Legend about the Wind, the Rain, and the Snow 99
Taiwanese Indigenous People in the Legends (III) 101
1. A Legend about the Origin of Head Hunting 101
2. A Legend about the Origin of Splitting Families 104
3. A Legend about a Canoe 106
4. A Legend about a Prophet 108
Taiwanese Indigenous People in the Legends (IV) 111
1. A Legend about the Two Gods Who Metamorphosed into Cranes 111
2. A Legend about the Maiden Who Rose to the Moon 114
3. A Legend about the Maiden Who Metamorphosed into aSecretarybird 115
4. A Legend about the Women’s Forest 117
Taiwanese Indigenous People in the Legends (V) 121
1. A Legend about a Pangolin and a Monkey 121
2. A Legend about the Origin of Tattoos 124
3. A Legend about an Uninhabited Island 127
4. A Legend about the Worship of the Night 130
附錄一 日文原文 135
附錄二 參與者簡介 187