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Oceanian folktales

The Birth of the Sacred Tree in Samoan Mythology

August 4, 2025

Long ago, in a time when the gods still walked the earth and the sacred spirits of nature whispered in every breeze and tree, a girl named Sina lived in the heart of Samoa. She was graceful like the waves and kind as the ocean rain. Her village loved her dearly, but none more than a mysterious stranger who came

Oceania Folktales

Tane and the Sacred Trees

In the first days of the world, when Ranginui the Sky Father still wept for Papatuanuku the Earth Mother, the land lay bare. There were mountains and rivers, but no trees, no shade. The ground cracked in the sun, streams ran thin, and the birds had no branches to rest