There is a story that the cuttle-fish gods of Savaii were once chased by an Upolu hero, who caught them in a great net and killed them.  They were changed into stones, and now stand up in a rocky part of the lagoon on the north side of Upolu.  For a long time travelling parties from Savaii felt eerie when they came to the place—­did not like to go through between the stones, but took the outside passage.

Another fragment makes out that a Savaii Fe’e married the daughter of a chief on Upolu, and for convenience in coming and going made a hole in the reef, and hence the harbour at Apia.  He went up the river also at that place, and built a stone house inland, the “Stonehenge” relics of which are still pointed out, and named to this day “the house of the Fe’e.”  In time of war he sent a branch drifting down the river as a good omen, and a sign to the people that they might go on with the war, sure of driving the enemy.

3.  In some instances the Fe’e was a household god only.  If any visitor caught a cuttle-fish and cooked it, or if any member of that family had been where a cuttle-fish was eaten, the family would meet over the case, and a man or woman would be selected to go and lie down in a cold oven, and be covered over with leaves, as in the process of baking, and all this as a would-be or mock burnt-offering to avert the wrath of the god.  While this was being done the family united in praying:  “O bald-headed Fe’e! forgive what has been done—­it was all the work of a stranger.”  Failing such signs of respect and humility, it was supposed the god would come to the family, and cause a cuttle-fish to grow internally, and be the death of some of them.

9.  FUAI LANGI, Beginner of the Heavens.

A god of one of the small islands, and seen in the sea-eel, or Maraena.  If the sea-eel happened to be driven on to the shore in a gale or by any tidal wave it portended evil, and created a commotion all over the place.

10.  GA’E FEFE, Breathless fear.

A war-god in some of the villages, and seen in a cocoa-nut-leaf basket.  It is said that during a battle between the gods of Samoa and those of Tonga the former crouched about the trunks of the cocoa-nut trees; but Ga’e fefe hid in a cocoa-nut-leaf basket, and escaped while many others were killed.  Hence the basket became a sign of the god, and no one would step over such a thing, supposing the god might be in it.  Hence, also, if in going to fight they fell in with a newly-plaited cocoa-nut-leaf basket turned upside down it was a bad omen, and sent them back.  If, however, the basket was an old one, and not lying across the road, but to the one side, and “fore and aft,” it was a good sign, and encouraged them to proceed.

11.  LA’ALA’A—­Step over.