Sina and the Eel

The dried meat of the coconut or copra has been an important export product and a source of income throughout the Pacific.

The legend of Sina and the Eel is associated with other figures in Polynesian mythology such as Hina, Tinilau, Tagaloa and Nafanua.

This beauty reached the Tui Fiti or the King of Fiji who was older than Sina.

He explained to Sina that he was once the King of Fiji and had come to see her beauty but knew that he had no chance due to his age.

When the husk is removed from a coconut, there are three round marks which appear like the face of the fish with two eyes and a mouth.

In Samoa, the fresh spring pool Mata o le Alelo in the small village of Matavai, Safune, is associated with the legend of Sina[6] and the Eel.