origin myth – Island Folklore

The Mother Goddess

The story of the mother goddess who created the first humans.

The tale of the giant born at the beginning of time and subsequently shaped the world.

The indigenous folktale on the origin of the name of Taiwan’s beautiful Sun Moon Lake.

The Paiwan people have many origin myths. Here is a sampling of these Paiwan origin tales.

The Atayal are an ancient Austronesian tribe indigenous to Taiwan. This is their origin story.