Island Folklore: Taiwanese Tales & Traditions

An online repository of Taiwan’s folktales, history, legends, myths and traditions.

Tag: headhunting

  • Bullseye: Taiwan’s Bunun People, Warriors and Hunters

    Bullseye: Taiwan’s Bunun People, Warriors and Hunters

    Island Folklore
    Taiwanese Tales & Traditions • An online repository of Taiwan’s folktales, history, legends, myths and traditions.

    Taiwan’s Bunun people are an indigenous Formosan nation of famed warriors and skilled hunters.

  • The Old Chieftain

    The Old Chieftain

    Island Folklore
    Taiwanese Tales & Traditions • An online repository of Taiwan’s folktales, history, legends, myths and traditions.

    The story of an old Taiwanese chieftain who dared to march against the Empire of Japan.

  • Red Cloak

    Red Cloak

    Island Folklore
    Taiwanese Tales & Traditions • An online repository of Taiwan’s folktales, history, legends, myths and traditions.

    As newcomers settled in Taiwan, they faced the terror of the island’s notorious headhunters.