英文摘要:The Totem Story Research of Paiwan and Rukai Tribes Author: Hsin Ying Wang National Taitung University The graduate institute of children’s literature Abstract This paper discussed the totem story of Paiwan and Rukai tribes. According to the behalf and common principles. Based on the intension of totem that fit in with generation symbols, ancestors, and characteristics of guardian angels. Author divided the totem of Paiwan and Rukai tribes into three parts: Sun, Pottery kettle and Hundred-Pace Snake. Author collected and arranged 92 totem stories. The sun stories are divided into two parts, the birth of tribe and raise sky and shoot sun. The pottery kettle stories are divided into two parts, the birth of tribe and supernatural power of pottery kettles. The Hundred-Pace snake stories are divided into two parts, the birth of tribe and human being and snake connected by marriage. Integrate the research, these totem stories shows the capability and characteristic below: 1. Totem stories emphasized the source difference of ancestors between nobles and civilians. 2. The rights of spread some totem stories belong to only nobles. 3. Totem stories integrate a lot of convention elements. 4. Totem stories established the reasonable foundation of taboo and convention. 5. Sun; pottery kettle and Hundred-Pace Snake often appear in totem stories at the same time. 6. The image of totem is not all sacrosanct. 7. The contradiction totem image has rich the uniqueness of totem stories. Because the totem stories circulate, author brings up some opinions in rewrite totem stories, hope these old stories can be relive to fit in with children’s psychology reading layer and expect. 1. Keep and enhance the hope and wisdom of totem story. 2. Place importance on the interest and exaggerate of totem story. 3. Make a complete and reasonable ending for the story. 4. Use conflict of the story well to make the totem story more intensions. 5. Appropriate plot additions and deletions based on the mature of children’s psychological. It is very difficult to preserve the hearsay literature of aboriginal in the disadvantage of lack of written language. How can we continue spread and won’t be misunderstand the original purpose of life experiences and faith of ancestors, need every researcher continue to pay close attention.