Tamapo'uli'alamafoa

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In the Polynesian mythology of the Tongan island of ʻAta, the god Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa[1] is the king of the heavens. He is the one who ordered (through his servants all called Tangaloa (Tangaloa ʻEiki, Tangaloa Tufunga, and Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo)) the sub-god Laufakanaʻa to become ruler of that island.

According to others, however, Tangaloa ʻEiki was the ancestor god and Tangaloa Tamapoʻulialamafoa, Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa, Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo, and Tangaloa Tufunga his offspring.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ In some sources the name is given as "Tamapo", but this may not be a genuine abbreviation, but rather a careless misquote.

[edit] References

  • E.W. Gifford; Tongan myths and tales, BPB Bulletin 8; 1924
  • ʻO. Māhina, Ko e Ngaahi ʻAta mei he Histōlia mo e Kalatua ʻo Tongá: Ke Tufungaʻi ha Lea Tonga Fakaako, AU 2006, ISBN 978-0-908959-09-9
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