Local folklore maintains that the statues walked, while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues somehow, using ropes and logs.

根据当地的民间传说，这些雕像会自己行走；而研究人员倾向于认为这些雕像是由他们的祖先用绳子和木头拖着走的。

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Local folklore has it that prehistoric men drove cattle over these cliffs.

当地民间传说中称，史前人类把野牛从这些悬崖上驱赶下去。

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According to local folklore, Langkawi derived its name from the eagle or helang.

依据当地的民间传说，兰卡威的名字原来是“老鹰”的意思。

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And local folklore is replete with accounts of editors pulling recalcitrant writers from the arms of their paramours and settling their bills.

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