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Tui Fiti or Tuifiti is the name of a figure referred to in different legends in Samoan mythology〔(), Samoa's Pre-Contact Connections in West Polynesia and Beyond by Shawn S. Barnes & Terry l. Hunt, p. 254, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i〕 and in other parts of Polynesia.〔() Matagi Tokelau: History and traditions of Tokelau, p.213〕 In other stories, 'Tui Fiti' means 'high chief of Fiti.'〔(), Theorizing self in Samoa: emotions, genders, and sexualities by Jeannette Marie Mageo, p. 181〕 ==Savai'i== On the island of Savai'i in Samoa, a spirit deity called Tui Fiti resides in Fagamalo, a village said to have once been settled by Fijians.〔(), Lagaga: a short history of Western Samoa By Malama Meleisea & Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea, p. 42〕 The special abode of Tui Fiti was a mound within a grove of large and durable trees called ''ifilele'' (''Afzilia bijuga''). Tui Fiti's abode is called the ''vao sa'', a sacred part of the forest which is tapu in Fagamalo. Tui Fiti is referred to as the ''ali'i'' (high chief) of Fagamalo. There are no other ''ali'i'' chiefly titles in the village where all the ''matai'' chief titles are of orator ''tulafale'' status. Fagamalo is one of the ''pito nu'u'' sub-villages of the greater Matautu village on Savai'i island's central north coast. The missionary George Turner wrote in ''Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before'' (1884) that Tuifiti was the name of a village god in Savai'i who appeared as a man who walked about but was never visible to the people of the place. However, he could be seen by strangers. In 1978, the Governor-General of Fiji, Ratu Sir George Cakobau, arrived in Fagamalo during a state visit to Samoa. The High Chief of Fiji had requested a visit to Tui Fiti's burial ground. Cakobau was bestowed the chiefly title of Peseta by the ''matai'' of Matautu in recognition of Samoa's ancient connection with Fiji.〔(), Samoa's Pre-Contact Connections with West Polynesia and Beyond by Shawn S. Barnes & Terry L. Hunt, p. 28, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i, Mänoa〕 The ''matai'' chief title of Peseta is referred to as a ''manaia'' title, one of the highest chief titles in Matautu. The title Peseta is included in the ''fa'alupega'' geneaology in Samoan oratory for the people of Matautu.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tui Fiti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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