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Updated: June 29, 2025
Puapae and Siati threw down the comb and it became a bush of thorns in the way to intercept the god and Puauli. But they struggled through the thorns. A bottle of earth was next thrown down, and that became a mountain; and then followed their bottle of water, and that became a sea and drowned the god and Puauli.
The god and the mortal sang a match: the daughter of the god was to be the mortal's prize if he proved victorious. Siati won, and he set off, riding on a shark, as Arion rode the dolphin, to seek the home of the defeated deity. At length he reached the shores divine, and thither strayed Puapae, daughter of the god, looking for her comb which she had lost.
'Siati, said she, 'how camest thou hither? 'I am come to seek the song-god, and to wed his daughter. 'My father, said the maiden, 'is more a god than a man; eat nothing he hands you, never sit on a high seat, lest death follow. So they were united in marriage. Siati wept, but the god's daughter had the house built by the evening.
'Puapae and Siati threw down the comb, and it became a bush of thorns in the way to intercept the god and Puanli, the other daughter. This old Samoan song contains nearly the closest savage parallel to the various household tales which find their heroic and artistic shape in the Jason saga. Still more surprising in its resemblances is the Malagasy version of the narrative.
The other adventures were to fight a fierce dog, and to find a ring lost at sea. Just as the Scotch giant's daughter cut off her fingers to help her lover, so the Samoan god's daughter bade Siati cut her body into pieces and cast her into the sea. There she became a fish, and recovered the ring. They set off to the god's house, but met him pursuing them, with the help of his other daughter.
The fight took place and Siati conquered. Next the god had lost his ring, and Siati must go to the sea and find it. Again Siati wept, and again his wife cheered him. "I'll find the ring," said she; "only do what I tell you. Cut my body in two, throw me into the sea, and stand still on the beach till I come."
Her eyes flashed as she freed herself from his arms. "I am hateful in my own sight for having loved you," she said. "Will you not even wish me well, Tehea?" he asked. "No," she cried, "I hope you will die!" He turned away. "Siati!" she cried after him in agony. He turned back to her, downcast and silent.
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