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'''Ali-zu''' ({{zh|c=阿立祖|poj=a-li̍p-chó͘|links=no}}: [[Siraya language|Siraya]]: alid, aritt) is an assimilated [[Siraya people|Siraya]] deity that is worshiped by former plains people in southern [[Taiwan]]. This god of fertility has been incorporated into the Han pantheon in some places of Taiwan.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Shepherd |first=John R. |year=1986 |title=Sinicized Siraya Worship of A-li-tsu |journal=Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica |issue=58 |place=Taipei |publisher=Academia Sinica |pages= 1–81}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/Details?Guid=8fba127e-8034-4024-ba89-43d7d62bfe48 In Search of a Forgotten Mother --A Journey Through the Land of the Siraya]

[[Category:Taiwanese deities]]
[[Category:Fertility gods]]
[[Category:Formosan mythology]]

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