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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