Tamapo'uli'alamafoa

Tamapo'uli'alamafoa

In the Polynesian mythology of the Tongan island of okinaAta, the god Tamapookinauliokinaalamafoa [In some sources the name is given as "Tamapo", but this may not be a genuine abbreviation, but rather a careless misquote.] is the king of the heavens. He is the one who ordered (through his servants all called Tangaloa (Tangaloa okinaEiki, Tangaloa Tufunga, and Tangaloa okinaAtulongolongo)) the sub-god Laufakanaokinaa to become ruler of that island.

According to others, however, Tangaloa okinaEiki was the ancestor god and Tangaloa Tamapookinaulialamafoa, Tangaloa okinaEitumātupuokinaa, Tangaloa okinaAtulongolongo, and Tangaloa Tufunga his offspring.

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References

*E.W. Gifford; "Tongan myths and tales", BPB Bulletin 8; 1924
*okinaO. Māhina, "Ko e Ngaahi okinaAta mei he Histōlia mo e Kalatua okinao Tongá: Ke Tufungaokinai ha Lea Tonga Fakaako", AU 2006, ISBN 978-0-908959-09-9


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