Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
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George Turner. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I

Position Of The Islands—Early Visitors And Traditionary Origin

CHAPTER II

Samoa.—Origin of the Name

CHAPTER III

A Future State—Religion, Etc

CHAPTER IV

Gods Superior—War And General Village Gods

1. Aitu Langi, or Gods of heaven

2. Alii Tu, or The God who stands

3. Ave I Le Tala, Or Take to the end of the house

4. Fonge And Toafa

5. Fanonga, Destruction

6. Faamalu, Shade

7. Faaola, Life-giver

8. O Le Fe'e, The cuttle-fish (Octopus)

9. Fuai Langi, Beginner of the Heavens

10. Ga'e Fefe, Breathless fear

11. La'ala'a—Step over

12. Laa Maomao—The great step

13. Mao Ma Uli—Mistake and Black

14. Matuu—Heron, or "Andrea sacra."

15. Moso

16. Nafanua—Hidden inland

17. Nave

18. Nonia

19. O Le Nifo Loa—The long tooth

20. Pava

21. Pili Ma Le Maa—The lizard and the stone

22. Stones

23. Le Sa—The sacred one

24. Sili Vaai—Far-seeing

25. Sa Fulu Sa—Of the sacred feather

26. Sama—Yellow

27. Salevao—Sacred one of the bush

28. Sepo Malosi—Sepo the strong

29. Siuleo—Tail of the voice, or echo

30. Taafanua—Walk the land

31. Tangaloa Langi—Tangaloa of the heavens

32. Tapaai—Beckoning

33. Taema—Glittering black

34. Taisumalie—Tide gently rising

35. Tili Tili—Swift

36. Titi Usi—Glittering leaf girdle

37. Tongo—Mangrove

38. Tu—Stand

39. Tufi—To pick up

40. Turia—Driven

41. Tuifiti—King of Fiji

42. Tuna Ma Fata—The Eel and the Litter

43. Vave—Swift

CHAPTER V

Gods Inferior, Or Household Gods

1. Aloimasina—Child of the Moon

2. Apelesa—Sacred fulness

3. Asomua—First Day

4. Leatualoa—The long god, or the centipede

5. O Le Aumā—The red liver

6. Iulautalo—Ends of the taro leaf

7. O Le Alii O Fiti—The Chief of Fiji

8. Limulimuta—Sea-weed

9. Moso'oi

10. Fatupuaa Ma Le Fee—The pig's heart and the octopus

11. Pu'a

12. Samani

13. Satia

14. Sengi Vave—Snatch quickly

15. Soesai

16. Si'u—Extremity or end

17. Sina 'Ai Mata—Sina the eye-eater

18. Tongo

19. Tuialii—King of Chiefs

20. Tuipangota—The King of Criminals

21. Taumanupepe—Fight creature butterfly

22. Ulavai—Fresh-water prawn, or crayfishes

CHAPTER VI

The People—Infancy And Childhood

CHAPTER VII

Adult And Advanced Years

CHAPTER VIII

Food—Cooking—Liquors

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER IX

Clothing

CHAPTER X

Amusements

CHAPTER XI

Mortality, Longevity, Diseases, Etc

CHAPTER XII

Death And Burial

CHAPTER XIII

Houses

CHAPTER XIV

Canoes

CHAPTER XV

Articles Of Manufacture

CHAPTER XVI

Government And Laws

CHAPTER XVII

Wars

CHAPTER XVIII

The Heavens, And The Heavenly Bodies

CHAPTER XIX

The Origin Of Fire, And Other Stories

CHAPTER XX

Names Of The Islands

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER XXI

Political Divisions And Places Of Note On Upolu

CHAPTER XXII

Political Divisions And Places Of Note On Savaii

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George Turner

Published by Good Press, 2019

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In describing the localities about Falealupo in another chapter, we have noted some things about the lower regions which were supposed to enter from the neighbourhood of Falealupo. We know little, if anything, more of the notions which the Samoans had of a future state, and therefore pass on to the religion which prevailed all over the group.

At one time it was supposed that Samoa was destitute of any kind of religion, and by some of the early visitors the people were called "the godless Samoans." On closer acquaintance with them, however, it was discovered that they lived under the influence of a host of imaginary deities, claiming alike belief and corresponding practice.

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