Limu (Tongan mythology)

Limu (Tongan mythology)

In the Polynesian mythology of Tonga, Limu is the primeval Tongan god of creation, whose union with the goddess Kele produced the goddess Touiafutuna, from whom all creation descends. [Craig, Robert D., "Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology" (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 140] [Reiter, F. X. (1907) "Traditions tonguiennes" "Anthropos" 2:230-240, 438-448, 743-754 ]

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