Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

3 - Traces Of The Gods In China, Too
Fig. 42. Paiwan goddess in a space traveler's mask. She holds a snake,
symbol of the universe, in her hands.
The Paiwan are still primitive even today. In their masterly carvings
they represent both real things from their environment and also the
stereotypes which come from a kind of collective unconscious going
back to time immemorial Their contemporary woodwork shows that
the Paiwan carvers are quite up to date. They perpetuate men in
Japanese uniforms, with their weapons. They have seen these men.
They are not straining their imaginations. They have never done so; in
all ages they represented what they had actually seen in artistically
perfect combination with traditional motifs.
An especially remarkable motif is a three-headed being flying in a
snake-a motif that recurs in a silk manuscript of the Chou culture
(1122-236 B.C.).
Mr. Y.C. Wang, Director of the Historical Museum, Taipeh, showed