雅美族漁人社的始祖傳說

YAMI TEXT: TARAK MYTH

本文用原語記錄流傳於蘭嶼漁人社的創世神話‘天女下凡傳說’一則。雅美人稱天女為tarak，天女下凡奇譚，雖然世界各民族間有廣泛的分佈，在雅美族各社間也有所傳承，但漁人社的傳說最突出，他們認為是tarak的後裔。故事說：洪水之後，天神使天女下凡，跟碩果僅存的男人結婚，成為該社的始祖。其後裔繁衍，分成兩個繼嗣群sira do kawanan（右部）和sira do kaori （左部），兩部分庭抗禮到今天。

This text records an origin myth of the Yami prevailing in Iratay where their primogenitoress were said to come from the heaven to marry a survival of the great flood. Their descendents population increased and divided into two descent groups, sira do kawanan and sira do kawori, who have been contending with each other to present.