Die Samoa Inseln


Show Summary

Since their possessors claimed divine descent their adoration was unbounded. This depended above all on the fact that as title chiefs they were sanctified (pa’ia) and therefore everything with which they came into contact was sanctified (tabu).3

In addition there were ao titles conferred by gods on men, which were not hereditary. They could, however, be transferred by the possessor during his life or by his family after his death to another family and place, but only in certain families.4 It was an application of the concept, considered elsewhere, that personality is inherent in names.

2Krämer, A.n/an/an/an/an/a, , 1: 378–380.

3Ibid., 10.

4 Bülow, W. von, "Matapoo, Savaii, Samoa," Internat. Arch. für Ethnog., 13: 63.

Related Resources

None available for this document.

Download Options


Title: Die Samoa Inseln

Select an option:

*Note: A download may not start for up to 60 seconds.

Email Options


Title: Die Samoa Inseln

Select an option:

Email addres:

*Note: It may take up to 60 seconds for for the email to be generated.

Chicago: Die Samoa Inseln in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=R6LQ9MXDM1UNBEL.

MLA: . Die Samoa Inseln, Vol. 1, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=R6LQ9MXDM1UNBEL.

Harvard: , Die Samoa Inseln. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=R6LQ9MXDM1UNBEL.