The Yami people believe there are many souls. That of the head cannot depart before death, but souls of other parts of the body can leave at will.
事實上，中央研究院民族學研究所所長劉斌雄早期在蘭嶼做田野調查時即發現：雅美族相信人有許多靈魂，其中頭部的靈魂最重要，直到死之前都不離開，肩部以下的靈魂則可任意遊走。