原住民神話傳說中,人與自然、人與人的故事相當豐富,這些看似荒誕離奇的情節,其實有著災害隱喻或社會禮俗形成的線索,例如變異、禁忌、神鬼、祖靈;此外,也承載了豐富的傳統智慧,從中可以瞭解部落的自然環境、生存威脅、戰爭、風俗信仰等等。因此對原住民族神話傳說的解析,有其重要性。本文以《蕃族調查報告書》共八冊所收錄的神話傳說為分析,整理臺灣原住民各族群的神話傳說,包括泰雅、太魯閣、賽德克、賽夏、布農、鄒、魯凱、排灣、卑南、阿美等族群。為了處理大量的資料而以數位人文為研究取向,進行神話傳說主題及內容之分析研究。在數位工具上,應用國立臺灣大學數位人文研究中心「DocuSky數位人文學術研究平台」發展出的工具進行分析,將大量資料進行科學性的分類和數據上的分析,並將結果圖像化呈現以利解讀,從而轉譯這些神話傳說反映出的文化底蘊和人與自然的關係。
Myth and legend reflect the ancient people's imagination and understanding of natural phenomena, the origin of mankind with subjective cognition. Although many myths and legends seem absurd, as time goes on, the plot of myths and legends becomes more exaggerated. Anyway, the content of myth and legend may be the shadow of history. If we remove the overly bizarre ingredients of myths and legends, we may be able to restore the living environment of ancient humans and the natural threats they face. The myths and legends of Indigenous with abundant metaphors of taboos, ghosts, spirits are the memory and imagination of the ancient people, carries the wisdom of tradition. Therefore, analyzing the myths and legends of Indigenous is meaningful. In the past, the study of myths and legends has been quite fruitful, but mostly focus on a single ethnic group or analyses a certain type of content, all the myths of Taiwan indigenous are difficult to handle. In order to deal with a large number of data, this paper will apply digital humanities as the research orientation. With the development of digital tools and technologies, we use the DocuSky Collaboration Platform to analyze the myths and legends collected from An Investigation of the Aborigines in Taiwan, including Amis, Ataiyal, Saisiyat, Bunun, Truku, Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Tsou, Sdeiq and other ethnic groups as the database, to explore the social mobility, environmental threats and ethnic bias reflected in the texts.