According to the Bunun, says Hu Chinnan, "a shaman should have even greater respect for tribal customs, so if he acts disrespectfully towards the owls he will be punished more severely than others."
依照布農人的解釋，「巫師應該更尊敬族裡的風俗，所以對貓頭鷹有不敬的行為，懲罰也比別人重」，胡金男認為。