矮人传说几乎遍布全台湾,布农、排湾、邹、泰雅、赛夏的传说中都有,但只有赛夏人有矮灵祭。矮灵祭的南北两大祭团还成为赛夏人内部人群区分的界限,分别是台湾苗栗县南庄乡的南群和新竹县五峰乡的北群,可见其在赛夏文化中的重要意义。赛夏人传说,很久以前,有身高不满三尺的矮人住在河对岸,他们善于农耕和歌舞,教会了赛夏人耕种。但矮人好女色,调戏赛夏妇女。忍受多年以后,赛夏人终于设计报复矮人:他们将矮人归家必经之路上的树桥锯至将断,待矮人上桥,桥木折断,矮人落入溪谷而死,只剩下两人。这二人教授 Dwarf legend almost all over Taiwan, Bunun, Paiwan, Zou, Atayal, Saixia legend have, but only the saharians have a short spirit festival. The two sacred ceremonies of the Sacrificial Ceremony also became the boundaries of the race for the Saisi people, namely the south group of Nanzhuang Township in Miaoli County, Taiwan and the north group of Wufeng Township in Hsinchu County. It shows their great significance in the summer culture. Race summer legend, long ago, there are less than three feet tall dwarves living on the other side of the river, they are good at farming and singing and dancing, taught the cultivation of race summer. But the dwarf is good female color, sassy summer women. Endure years later, saigas finally designed to retaliate dwarves: the dwarf must go through the path of the tree saw to be broken until the dwarf on the bridge, bridge broken, the dwarf fell into the valley and died, leaving only two people. These two professors