The Paiwans, for example, tell how a man from the Taokanivung family propped up the sky with a pestle, reminding as of the Chinese myth about Pan Ku separating the heavens from the earth.
在屏東筏灣排灣族的傳說是：古時天地間的距離很低，每次樁米時都碰到天，杵常常碰壞，人們也不時為此生氣。後來，Taokanivung 家裡的人用杵把天頂高，於是天一邊隆隆地響，一邊漸漸增高。