英雄之妹守藏金

本文緣起於「民間文學研究」採錄實作課，鍾金明老師講了一個〈尖筆山的黃金傳奇〉。引起本人的興趣，進而去研究臺灣民間有關英雄的妹妹與埋藏黃金的傳說，整理出臺灣歷史上的三個英雄人物：林道乾、鄭成功、林爽文。這三位英雄都有個妹妹和埋藏的黃金。因此傳說附會，有人偶然幸得黃金；可是好人得之，貪心者得而復失，且黃金也消失無蹤。英雄之妹去世之後皆有宮廟或墳墓，供人憑弔，可見這些傳說的深入人心。三個英雄的傳說，在故事情節上最大的不同：主要在對其妹的處置，「鄭成功薶妹黃金陪嫁」、「林道乾殺妹黃金陪葬」、「林爽文託妹守護黃金」。三個故事主題顯然相當，可歸為類型：1.英雄之妹守藏金。2.偶遇金女福者得。3.黃金幻化覓無蹤。由於英雄受人景仰，傳說彼此附會而相近似，這也是人心自然的反應。

關鍵字

黃金；林道乾；鄭成功；林爽文；薶妹；殺妹；託妹；白馬

並列摘要

Wrote this article because ＂Folk Literature＂ in the course of ＂fieldwork＂ job, Zhong Jin-ming teacher told a〈Jianbi Hill Golden Legend〉. Caught my interest, Further studies in Taiwan folk stories about ＂the hero's sister keep buried gold＂ legend. The results in the history of Taiwan put together the three heroes: Lin Dao-qian, Zheng Cheng-gong, Lin Shuang-wen. The three heroes have a sister and buried gold, so the legend will be attached: Someone lucky enough to get gold; but the good guys get the gold, people get greedy, but finally lost it, while gold also disappeared. Three heroes sister's died, there are temples and tombs, for people to mourn, we can see these legends popular. Three Heroes storyline biggest difference: mainly in the disposal of his sister: Zheng Cheng-gong's sister dedicated to ＂God of the mountain＂, and gold as dowry; Lin Dao-qian kill his sister and buried gold; Lin Shuang-wen command sister guard gold. The story of three Heoes is very similar, repeat, can be classified as Type: 1. The hero's sister guard buried gold. 2. Lucky encounter buried gold female, blessed to get it. 3. The gold disappeared, nowhere to be found. For a hero admired by the people, will be attached to the legend, influence each other, this is a natural reaction of the people.