Taufa

Taufa

In the mythology and religion of Tonga, Taufa was a sea god worshipped by the royal family of Tonga because he cured the Tongan king George I (ruled 1845-1893).

:Sources: :*R.D. Craig, "Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology" (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 267.


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