Long ago in Sāmoa there lived an extraordinary woman named Sina. Every day, Sina’s husband went fishing early in the morning and came back home with delicious seafood for breakfast. But one day, Sina’s husband did not come home for breakfast. She waited, but he didnʻt show up for lunch either.
This storytime from old Sāmoa features the famous demigod, Tigilau, whose heroic exploits, mischievous shenanigans, legendary voyaging, and prolific lovemaking are recounted throughout Polynesia from the western isles up to Hawaiʻi and down to Aotearoa.
There was once a taupou named Vītaliutaolepaepae, the daughter of orator chief ‘Ulu who lived in Puipa‘a village, Faleata district, ‘Upolu island. Vī was renowned throughout the islands for her beauty -- especially her wavy, brown hair -- of which she was extremely proud and boastful.
Her pretty friends (also the daughters of chiefs) were just as conceited and self-centered, and they relentlessly teased all the other girls in the village.