Samoan mythology Samoan culture tells stories of many different deities. There were deities of the forest, the seas, rain, harvest, villages, and war. There were two types of deities, ''atua'', who had non-human origins, and ''aitu'', who were of human origin. Taga ...

Fa'atiu is the

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...

and storm god. In one Samoan legend,

Tiʻitiʻi In Samoan legend, the mythological figure Tiitii Atalaga appears in legends very similar to those recounting the tales of the demigod Māui, found in other island cultures. In one such legend, which is almost identical to the New Zealand fire myth ...

imprisons the winds one by one in his canoe or calabash, leaving only

Fisaga Fisaga in Samoan mythology is a light and the gentle breeze. In one Samoan legend, Tiʻitiʻi In Samoan legend, the mythological figure Tiitii Atalaga appears in legends very similar to those recounting the tales of the demigod Māui, found in ot ...

free.

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