75:
Ulufanuaseʻeseʻe. The brothers agreed that
Saveasiʻuleo would go and become king in Pulotu. Saveasiʻuleo would come up from his kingdom and wander the earth. There are different versions of stories told about him. He is referred to as a god and sometimes as a demon. One day Saveasiʻuleo met his twin nieces Tilafaiga and Taema swimming back to Samoa from Fiti where they had learned the art of tattooing. Saveasiʻuleo abducted Tilafaiga and she later gave birth to Nafanua, the goddess of war. The story of the sisters bringing a basket of tattoo tools for the
74:
The spirits of gods were able to take the form of animals and human beings and
Saveasiʻuleo is believed to take the form of an eel or appear as half man and half eel. His ancestors were rocks. One story says that his mother was Taufa and his father, Aloa. His brothers were Salevao and
152:
127:
154:, Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol 59, No. 3, 1950, Proverbial expressions of the Samoans by E. Schultz, p. 207-231
185:
163:
174:
17:
207:
202:
139:
176:, Coming of Age in American anthropology: Margaret Mead and paradise by Malopaʻupo Isaia, p. 38
187:, Polynesian Reminiscences:or Life in the Pacific Islands by William Thomas Pritchard, p.401
87:
According to Samoan beliefs, the entrance into the spirit world Pulotu is at the village of
109:
8:
43:
196:
104:
35:
92:
88:
58:
129:
Samoa, a
Hundred Years Ago & Long Before by George Turner, p.123
50:
76:
165:, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig, p. 243
31:
62:
54:
194:
140:"CHAPTER X — Religion in Samoa | NZETC"
68:Saveasiʻuleo is sometimes referred to as
79:to Samoa is another well known legend.
14:
195:
91:, at the western end of the island of
65:another figure of Samoan mythology.
24:
25:
219:
179:
168:
157:
146:
132:
121:
13:
1:
115:
34:(Old concept of Heaven) the
7:
98:
10:
224:
82:
57:. Nafanua's mother is
53:the Goddess of War in
110:Polynesian mythology
49:He is the father of
18:Saveasi'uleo
16:(Redirected from
215:
188:
183:
177:
172:
166:
161:
155:
150:
144:
143:
136:
130:
125:
61:, the sister of
44:Samoan mythology
21:
223:
222:
218:
217:
216:
214:
213:
212:
208:Underworld gods
193:
192:
191:
184:
180:
173:
169:
162:
158:
151:
147:
138:
137:
133:
126:
122:
118:
101:
85:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
221:
211:
210:
205:
203:Samoan deities
190:
189:
178:
167:
156:
145:
131:
119:
117:
114:
113:
112:
107:
105:Havea Hikuleʻo
100:
97:
84:
81:
38:of spirits or
30:is the God of
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
220:
209:
206:
204:
201:
200:
198:
186:
182:
175:
171:
164:
160:
153:
149:
141:
135:
128:
124:
120:
111:
108:
106:
103:
102:
96:
94:
90:
80:
78:
72:
71:
66:
64:
60:
56:
52:
47:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
19:
181:
170:
159:
148:
134:
123:
86:
73:
69:
67:
48:
39:
28:Saveasiʻuleo
27:
26:
197:Categories
116:References
36:underworld
89:Falealupo
59:Tilafaiga
99:See also
93:Savaiʻi
51:Nafanua
83:Pulotu
32:Pulotu
63:Taema
55:Samoa
40:Hades
77:peʻa
70:Elo.
42:in
199::
95:.
46:.
142:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.