If in the West the stork is the archetypical bringer of babies, for the aboriginal Bunun tribe of Taiwan the guardian spirit which protects their babies is the owl, and their belief in the bird's powers is as strong today as it has ever been.
如果說白鸛鳥代表西方社會的「送子觀音」；那麼，貓頭鷹就是台灣布農族嬰兒的「守護神」，而且至今仍應驗如鑿… …