Sina (Hina) is the widespread Polynesian ancestral woman; in the Futuna and 'Uvea repertoire recorded by Burrows she is heroine of the eel-and-coconut origin and of the Tinilau (Sinilau) cycle.
Domains
ancestral heroine
Powers
to act as heroine of the origin and Tinilau cycles
Sources
Edwin G. Burrows, Ethnology of Futuna, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 138 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1936).
Edwin G. Burrows, Ethnology of Uvea (Wallis Island), Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 145 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1937).