Fisaga

Fisaga

Fisaga

God of the light and gentle breeze

Fisaga in Samoan mythology is a light and the gentle breeze. In one Samoan legend, Tiʻitiʻi imprisons the winds one by one in his canoe or calabash, leaving only Fisaga free.[1][2] Other versions of the story attribute this to Maui.[3]

In the Samoan language, fisaga refers to a “gentle, pleasant wind associated with good weather.”[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Johannes Carl Andersen (1969). MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE POLYNESIANS. Rutland, VT: C. E. TUTTLE. pp. 218–219. ISBN 9780804804141.
  2. [2]
    John B. Stair (1896). "JOTTINGS ON THE MYTHOLOGY AND SPIRIT-LORE OF OLD SAMOA". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 5 (1): 57. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    Faber, Pamela; Rull, Laura (2017). "Chapter 19: Written In The Wind: Cultural Variation In Terminology". In Grygiel, Marcin (ed.). Cognitive Approaches to Specialist Languages. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 419–442. ISBN 978-1-4438-5515-0.
  4. [4]
    Lefale, Penehuro Fatu (2010). "Ua 'afa le AsoStormy weather today: Traditional ecological knowledge of weather and climate - The Samoa experience". Climatic Change. 100 (2): 317–335. Bibcode:2010ClCh..100..317L. doi:10.1007/s10584-009-9722-z.


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