Tamapo'uli'alamafoa
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.[2]
According to others, however, Tangaloa ʻEiki was the ancestor god and Tangaloa Tamapoʻulialamafoa, Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa, Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo, and Tangaloa Tufunga his offspring.
Notes[edit]
- ^ In some sources the name is given as "Tamapo", but this may not be a genuine abbreviation, but rather a careless misquote.
- ^ Edward Winslow Gifford (1924). Tongan myths and tales. New York: Kraus. p. 16.
References[edit]
- 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