Aunt Tiger or Auntie Tigress (Chinese: 虎姑婆; pinyin: Hǔ Gūpó; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-ko͘-pô) is a Taiwanesefolktale with many variations. The story revolves around a tiger spirit on the mountain who turns into an old woman, abducts children at night and devours them to satisfy her appetite. It is often used to coax children to fall asleep quickly. The most well-known version was compiled by Taiwanese writer Wang Shilang, where the setting of the story is in a Hakka settlement in Taiwan.[1][2]
^Chien, Chi-Ru (2013). 臺灣虎姑婆故事之深層結構─以自然與文化二元對立觀之 [The Research for Structural Analysis and Folk Investigation of Taiwan's Grandaunt Tiger Story] (PDF). 成大中文學報. 22. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
