Some Folk-Songs and Myths From Samoa
XX.—The following is a list of the Kings of Manu'a
XX.—The following is a list of the Kings of Manu'a,
as I received it to day (July 13, 1871) from Taua-nu'u.—T. P.
The name of the king. | Meaning of the name. | |
1. Tae-o-Tagaloa * | ||
2. Fa'a-ea-nu'u (son of 1), | “lifter up of submerged † lands.” | |
3. Sao-io-io-manu (son of 2), | “safe as the bird over there.” | |
4. Sao-loa (son of 2), | “escaping right off.” | |
5. Le-Lologa (son of 3), | “the flood.” | |
6. ‘Ali'a-matua (son of 5), | “the elder ‘Ali'a,” or double canoe. | |
7. ‘Ali'a-tama (son of 5), | “the boy (i.e., younger)” Ali'a. | |
8. Fa'a-ea-nu'u | brothers | as above. |
9. Pui-pui-po | “shut up by night.” | |
10. Sili-ai-vao | sons of? | |
11. Ti'aligo (son of 9) | ||
12. Se-manu (son of 10), | “one bird.” | |
13. Fa'a-toalia (son of 12) | ||
14. Taliutafa (son of 13) | ||
15. Ti'aligo. | ||
16. Seuēa (daughter of 14) | “a native of Uēa” (Wallace Isld.) | |
17. Salofi (brother of 16) | ||
18. Taliutafa, (son of 17) | ||
19. Tālolo-mana | ||
20. Vao-mana (son of 19) | ||
21. Tālolo (son of 20) | ||
22. Tālolo-fa'a-lelei-nu'u, | “Talolo who reconciles the lands.” |
His was a long and prosperous reign, with no wars; all the upper lands and those to the east were occupied by a large population.
Usurpers.
- Poumele
- Segi
- Pule-tā-faga-faga; he invented a kind of double canoe.
- Iolite
Tui-a-aitu | “king of spirits.' |
Taalolo fana-ese | “go in crowds and err in shooting.” |
Le-Vao, reigned from before 1830, | “the bush.” |
* The Samoan g everywhere sounds ng.
† Submerged, i.e., conquered.