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as gifts for her wedding. Sina sings a song complaining about her harsh treatment, asking to be taken away. Tigilau overhears and kills his wives, telling Lupe that he wants Sina to return to him. When he visits his son in a house near to Sina's, he becomes jealous when he sees how many suitors are visiting Sina. At last, Sina returns to live with Tigilau for her son's sake (Tremewan 2002:157).
55:, or his wife travels to another land in search of him; sometimes he treats his wife badly, or she rejects him; while he is guardian of fish, it is his wife who gives the fish their individual characteristics. Sometimes their anxious or jealous relatives try to separate the lovers (Tremewan 2002:120). 127:
for the wedding feast of Sina and Tigilau are swallowed by one of Tigilau's other wives. Tigilau blames Sina and banishes her to the forest with two servants. When he hears what has happened to his sister, Lupe flies to her home, his arrival throwing the whole land into shadow. He presents fine mats
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and pick 'Ae up, and return him to the house of Tinilau. When ‘Ae wakes up, he hears the rooster crowing, and it reminds him of the one he heard when he was staying with Tinilau. 'Ae, not knowing that he is in Tinilau's house, begins talking about “the pig, my master”. At once he is killed and eaten
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Tinilau lends his two turtles to ‘Ae, a Tongan. When he gets home, ‘Ae kills the turtles and has a great feast for his people. When a bloody wave washes up on the beach, Tinilau calls a meeting of all the avenging gods of Savaii. The gods go to
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as a piece of flesh torn from his mother's side. He is half fish. Motutapu is given to him as his inheritance. He is guardian of all fish. Tumetua, Vatea, and others are his brothers (Tregear 1891:513).
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named Supa catches ‘Ae and brings him back to Samoa to be killed by Tigilau (Tremewan 2002:157).
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In some traditions, he has a dual nature; one destructive as the guardian of
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Traditional Stories from Southern New Zealand: He Kōrero nō Te Wai Pounamu
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This article is about the Polynesian deity. For the prehistoric fish, see
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Sina rejects offers of marriage from the kings of Tonga and
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Tinirau (fish)

Polynesian mythology
islands
Polynesia
fish
wife
sharks
Kinilau
Tonga
demon
Fiji
fish
Kinilau
Sinilau
Sāngone
Tinirau
Mangaia
Cook Islands
Varima-te-takere
Avaiki
Tinirau Arona
Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Tinirau (gods)
Categories
Polynesian gods
Sea and river gods
Mangaia mythology

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