- 學位論文
臺灣雷神信仰及其形象轉變之研究
The Belief of the Thunder God and the Variations of Its Images in Taiwan
摘要
本論文《臺灣雷神形象及其信仰轉變之研究》旨在探討臺灣的雷神信仰狀況及雷神形象的轉變。研究者先由雷神信仰之起源考究，發現最早雷神形象是自然現象的產生，伴隨著的雷是狂風、暴雨與閃電。降至秦漢，雷神形象因結合陰陽五行之說與道教文化而有帝王化現象的轉化。歷代對雷神形象都有不同有：「鳥」形、「龍」形、「人」形、「猴」形、「豬」形及「雷鬼」形的產生，今日的雷神形象則受到道教文化影響均以鳥形為依歸。研究者進一步針對臺灣雷神廟進行田野調查，了解臺灣雷神信仰之狀況，發現早期臺灣雷神之共同特徵有二： (一)雷神信仰在臺灣的建立均為拓荒時期(二)雷神在臺灣已變為豐收之神。而在雷神信仰生成上，研究者調查發現其來源為： 來自原鄉之信仰與神明。 最後研究者再以全臺最具代表性的雷神廟－－中和霹靂宮為例，透過對中和霹靂宮雷神信仰與形象之調查分析了解臺灣雷神信仰及其形象轉變的現象，在整個中和霹靂宮田野調查及研究得到以下結論： (一) 雷神形象影響雷神信仰 (二) 雷神信仰的本質未變，但其內涵卻更加多元而豐富 最後針對中和霹靂宮的今日文化信仰狀況提出建議，期待雷神信仰可以在臺灣形成在地性的特色文化傳統。
並列摘要
The purposes of this study- The Study of Faith and Image Change about The God of Thunder in Taiwan -were to discuss what the present faith in The God of Thunder is and how The God of Thunder changed his images. The research which investigated the origin of faith in The God of Thunder indicated that the earliest image of The God of Thunder occurred in such natural phenomena with thunders as howling winds, torrential rains, and lightning bolts. Not until Chin and Han Dynasties did the image of The God of Thunder combine with Chinese cosmology and Taoism to form an emperor identity. There were various identifications of the images of The God of Thunder in different eras like avian form, dragon form, human form, monkey form, pig form, and apparition form. Nowadays, the image of The God of Thunder is considered as avian form because of the influence of Taoism. The researcher, moreover, conducted field study among temples of The God of Thunder to understand current faith in The God of Thunder in Taiwan and then found that there were two common features in the early God of Thunder in Taiwan. First, the faith in The God of Thunder was established during the reclamation period. Second, The God of Thunder had changed from God of Sea to God of Harvest. In addition, this study discovered that there were two origins where the faith in The God of Thunder was formed: one was from the beliefs and deities of home countries; the other was from the demands to form beliefs and deities. To sum up, the case in this study was the Pilli Temple in Jhonghe, which is the most representative temple of The God of Thunder in Taiwan. This study, through the investigation of the faith and images of The God of Thunder in the Pilli Temple in Jhonghe to analyze the faith and image change of The God of Thunder in Taiwan, concluded that: First, the images of The God of Thunder affected the faith in The God of Thunder Second, the nature of The God of Thunder remained the same, but the content was more colorful and enriched. Lastly, this study suggested that the faith in The God of Thunder could be a local and distinctive tradition based on the present status of that in the Pilli Temple in Jhonghe.