地形變遷與信仰轉化－麻豆龍喉傳說與庄廟信仰

The Transition in Regional Geography and the Transformation in Religious belief-The Legend of Dragonmaw of Madou Township

10.6607/BTSU.2010.1.3

陳景峰(Ching-Feng Chen)

倒風內海 ； 麻豆 ； 龍喉 ； 王爺信仰 ； 信仰圈祭祀圈 ； Madou ； the legend of dragonmaw ； Wang-ye faith

台灣首府大學學報

1期（2010 / 09 / 01）

61 - 75

繁體中文

麻豆龍喉傳說，是南瀛地區頗具盛名的傳說故事，但學術研究中對於此一傳說，與王爺信仰間的聯帶關係，並未有所探討。因此本文以台南地區倒風內海地理環境的變化，致使麻豆街莊角頭的遷移與南部王爺信仰圈的形成，做為論文探討的重心。其中著重於區域地理的變遷，與宗教信仰轉化的關聯。尤其倒風內海西北陸浮地的延伸擴展，造成地方瘟疫災情的擴大，使得原本漢番衝突中，勢力已然衰退的麻豆社番，在水堀頭麻豆港面臨洪填困境時，更進一步讓漢人獨佔麻豆街庄中心的開發權，致使麻豆漢人的活動空間逐漸確立。在台灣漢人移民社會中，社群依地緣共擁一守護神的認同特性，也成為日後麻豆角頭祭祀、區域信仰圈，與「龍喉」傳說的由來。

The legend of dragonmaw of Madou Township is a well-known tale in Nan-Ying area, but the relationship between this legend and Wang-ye faith has never been discussed in any academic research. Therefore, this paper mainly investigated into the changes in Daofeng Lagoon of southern Taiwan, which leads to migration of underworld leaders in Madou as well as the formation of Wang-ye faith sphere in southern part. It emphasized on the relationship between the transition in regional geography and the transformation in religious belief. Especially, the expansion of Daofeng Lagoon into northwestern floating land, in addition to the effect of endemic plague, resulted in the declining power of Madou aldeas in ethnic conflicts between Han and aboriginal people. When the Madou port suffered from floods, Han people captured the development rights for the center of Madou and gradually established their activity space there. In the immigrant societies of Han people in Taiwan, social community worshiped the same patron saint according to their district, and this kind of identification feature became the origin of the legend of ”dragonmaw” and the formation of underworld leaders' sacrifice and belief sphere in Madou.