本論文以高雄鳳山雙慈亭、楠梓楠和宮兩座媽祖宮廟為研究對象，探討其信徒自發性信仰行為的內涵。臺灣民間信仰慣以「香火袋」作為信徒避邪、守護的聖物，信徒將此香火袋視為神祇靈力的載體，隨身配戴，以保平安。此習俗由來已久，幾乎各宮廟皆是如此。高雄鳳山雙慈亭、楠梓楠和宮兩座媽祖宮廟，在歷史的潮流中，一方面延續傳統的守護物──香火袋，一方面也獨幟一格衍生新的守護物──媽祖鞋。兩者同名為「媽祖鞋」，也都被其信徒視為神祇靈力的載體，具有真實守護的功能。兩者在歷史的某個點上也曾交會過，其實情是：後者之生發源自於前者；但是兩者目前所指稱的「媽祖鞋」，卻是不同實體的物品。本論文即在闡明兩座宮廟同名異質守護物的演化歷程，以究明其小眾信仰行為的生發及其時代性意義。

This paper was based on the two Ma-zu Temples in Feng-shan (Shuang-ci Ting) and Nan-zi (Nan-he Gong), Kaohsiung and was to explore the connotations of their believers’ spontaneous religious behaviors. Traditionally, Taiwanese folk believers used the “red sachet” as an amulet to protect them from evil. They believed the red sachet was sacred and was the carrier of their god, which was a common belief in Taiwan. In addition to the traditional way, the two Ma-zu Temples in Feng-shan and
Nan-zi, Kaohsiung created a new amulet, Ma-zu shoes, which were believed as powerful as the red sachet in their belief. Although the two temples both had Ma-zu shoes as an amulet, they referred to different things actually. But they are closely related. The purpose of this paper was to elaborate on the development of the two new amulets and to probe into the meaning of their belief.