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Overview

In Turner’s Savaiʻi account, Sepo Malosi is associated with a large bat or flying-fox. Movement ahead of warriors encouraged advance; a turn back across their way warned against it.

Household accounts differ. One inland Upolu family calls Sepo the Lord of the Mountain and associates the being with domestic fowl and pigeons; another names a small, difficult-to-catch fish, and another a prickly sea-urchin. The latter account attributes death after eating the animal to an internal sea-urchin growth. That explanation is a reported religious consequence, not a medical finding.

Flying-fox associationLord of the Mountain titleBird, fish and sea-urchin variants
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Origins & earliest records

Turner’s missionary collection first appeared in 1884; the hosted edition identifies the 1984 University of the South Pacific reprint. The numbered local accounts record varying associations without identifying individual informants for this entry.

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Records & interpretation

Complete Chapter IV numbered entry 28, Sepo Malosi. Its separately situated versions supply these associations; reported supernatural causation and the author’s missionary judgments remain distinguished from independently verified events.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago and Long Before, Chapter IV, 28, Sepo Malosi

    George Turner, missionary collector · 1884 original; hosted transcription identifies 1984 reprint

    Complete numbered local accounts; forms, locations and narrative functions distinguished.

Family & connections

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References

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  1. Primary collected account in historical missionary editionTurner, Chapter IV: Gods Superior—War and General Village GodsResearch access: 2026-10-05

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