赶山鞭型传说在西南地区有较集中的流传 ,此型传说大多包含一个禁忌母题。通过对禁忌母题中“鞭、石、猪”三个主要意象符号的文化诠释 ,认识到“鞭赶”乃源自古代祈雨活动中的性崇拜。这一崇拜观念移植到故事文本中 ,便异化为一个禁忌母题 Mountain whip-type legend in the southwest has a more concentrated spread, this type of legend mostly contains a taboo motif. Through the cultural interpretation of the three main symbols of “whip, stone and pig” in taboo motifs, I realized that “whipping” comes from the sexual worship in the ancient activities of praying for rain. This concept of worship transplanted into the story text, it alienated as a taboo motif