{"id":21963,"date":"2022-08-03T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21963"},"modified":"2022-08-03T19:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T19:31:12","slug":"conte-tokelau-sinalangi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/tale-tokelau-sinalangi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale Tokelau: Sinalangi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21963\" class=\"elementor elementor-21963\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22e4c5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22e4c5d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9da370\" data-id=\"a9da370\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbe7d6 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3fbe7d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Tokelau Mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c5fe1e\" data-id=\"7c5fe1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade2c6e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ade2c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/tm\/scholarly\/tei-MacToke-t1-body-d1-d8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2493112 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2493112\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a57f773\" data-id=\"a57f773\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec50ced elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec50ced\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The tales of <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/\">Tokelau<\/a> contain many references to mythological characters and events found in tales from other parts of Polynesia. Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/\">myths<\/a> mention trips to Fiji and the people there, a common feature of Samoan tales. This is Sinalangi&#039;s Tokelauan Tale.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Sinalangi\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acf1259 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acf1259\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5cd972\" data-id=\"b5cd972\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf1b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdf1b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/tokelau-mythology\/tale-tokelau-sinalangi\/#The-Story-of-Sinalangi\" >The Story of Sinalangi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Story-of-Sinalangi\"><\/span>The Story of Sinalangi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a52c3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a52c3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71b60e3\" data-id=\"71b60e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7e0ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d7e0ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tangaloa-langi, who was half man and half god, lived in the sky. He sent his daughter, Sinalangi, down to the world to live, but before she left he gave her a mother-of-pearl shell called Tipi, and said, \u201cIf men come to make love to you when you go down and live upon the land, throw the Teepee at them. It will cut off their heads and fly back to you.\u201d<\/p><p>Sinalangi had a song for her pearl shell:<\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">Taku tipi e fano ki Olomanga,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Ko te tipi kula ma Apaitoa,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Taki te kafa my Tangaloa,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Te poipoi ka lele taku teepee<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">E fano ki te afu ma te afi.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">My Tipi goes to Olomanga,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">The red Tipi for Apaitoa<a id=\"reference-to-fn11_81\" title=\"Apaitoa, the name of Sinalangi&#039;s son.\" href=\"https:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/tm\/scholarly\/tei-MacToke-t1-body-d1-d8.html#fn11_81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">? the sennit for Tangaloa,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">The division as my Tipi flies<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">And goes to the smoke and the fire.<\/span><\/p><p>Sinalangi married a great chief of the earth, Talitau, and by him bore a son whom they called Apaitoa. After she had lived with Talitau for some time she fell in love with Lesia, his brother, who asked her to marry him. Sinalangi went to her husband and confessed her love for Lesia and pleaded that she might marry him.\u00a0<\/p><p>Talitau refused, and though Sinalangi went to him each day, he would not consent. Finally she ran away with Lesia and they lived together in the bush away from the village. They lived there for many years and Sinalangi bore two daughters, Te Titisamakia and Te Titipokia. After the birth of the second daughter, a famine came and no food grew where Lesia and Sinalangi were living. A drought killed all the trees.\u00a0<\/p><p>Lesia had to steal food for himself and his family from his brother&#039;s village. When the people discovered that food was disappearing, they banded together to search for the thief. After hunting along the shore and through the forests, they found Lesia hiding in a well and killed him with spears.<\/p><p>Sinalangi waited for many days, but when her husband did not return she sent her daughters to look for him. They found him dead in the well, his body swollen from the water, and trees growing from his back. The girls sang a song to their father and he returned to life.<\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">Te masiku tua e tu i vae<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">O to ma tamana ko Lesia e.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Matafi.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">The small\u00a0<i>masiku<\/i>\u00a0bush stands in the back and stands in the leg<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Of my father, Lesia.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Sweep it away.<\/span><\/p><p>Lesia went back home with his two daughters. When his disappearance was reported to the village, the men held a council and set out in a war party to find him again.<\/p><p>When Sinalangi saw all the war party approaching her house, she went outside and threw her Tipi at them. Of the hundreds who were before her, all fell dead except the chief, Talitau. He fled back to his village. With the remainder of his villagers he returned to the house of Lesia and Sinalangi.\u00a0<\/p><p>Apaitoa, the son of Sinalangi and Talitau, was standing beside his mother holding the Tipi. She ordered him to throw it at the party coming to kill Lesia, but Apaitoa refused to throw it at his own father. Sinalangi took the Tipi from her son and threw at Talitau, killing him and all the people with him.<\/p><p>After this, Apaitoa and his two sisters, Te Titisamakia and Te Titipokia, played a game called\u00a0<i>pei<\/i>\u00a0with two coconuts. The girls thought they had won the game and sang a little song to Apaitoa, claiming that they were above him because he had lost.<\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">Lalalo, lalo, lalalo e mai koulua e,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Ko Te Titisamakia ma Te Titipokia<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">E kae la lunga, lalunga e kae.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"lg verse\"><span class=\"l\">The two (girls) spring from under, under, under,<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Te Titisamakia and Te Titipokia<\/span><br \/><span class=\"l\">Go above, above, (they) rise above Paitoa.<\/span><\/p><p>Apaitoa turned around and sang the same song, but said that he was above his two sisters. When their mother heard them singing this, she rebuked her daughters for saying that they were superior to their brother. \u201cYou are girls,\u201d she said, \u201cand it is right that a boy should be above you.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythology Tokelau Wiki The tales of Tokelau contain numerous references to mythological characters and events found in\u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10192,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21963"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21968,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21963\/revisions\/21968"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}