But the Lanyu miniature pig enjoyed high status in Yami oral tradition for a much longer time. According to an oft-recited tale, a child once saw a small black animal on a path, suckling from its mother and crying out "ee-kikik." The child, puzzled, asked his grandfather what it was.
常被提及的一段雅美傳說是：孫子在路上看到一頭黑色的小動物在吃母奶，還會發出「伊∼ kikik」的叫聲，孫子見狀不解而問爺爺。