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Tangaloa was an important family of gods in Tongan mythology. The first Tangaloa was the cousin of Havea Hikuleʻo and Maui , or in some sources the brother or son or father of them. He was Tangaloa ʻEiki ( T. lord ), and was assigned by his father, Taufulifonua, the realm of the sky to rule.
Tagaloa is a sun god whose son Alo'alo married Sina, the daughter of Tuifiti. There is a legend about a figure called Tui Fiti in the village of Fagamalo on the island of Savai'i. In Manu'a, Tagaloa sent a vine to earth that resulted in maggots which became human beings. Tagaloa brought a war god called Fe'e (octopus) to Manu'a
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.
Surya, the Sun god, rides across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot à la Helios and Sol. Aruna, charioteer of Surya, god of the morning Sun. Aryaman, god of the midday Sun. Savitr, god of the twilight Sun, also known as sunrise and sunset. Mitra, often associated with the Sun. Mihir, meaning Sun. Tapati, Sun goddess.
Tangaloa, the sky god (or grouped together as sky gods), was regarded in Vava'u as the deity who hauled up the islands of the Vava'u group, his fish hook (This is also similar to the story of Maui fishing up the North Island of New Zealand) catching in what is now the island of Hunga.
In Sāmoa the god Tagaloa is the almighty sky-father deity, the creator of the universe. In the Marquesas Islands , the equivalent deities are Tana'oa or Taka'oa. In Rennell and Bellona Islands (Polynesian cultures in the southern Solomon Islands ) Tangagoa is a sea god who stayed on the coastal cliff of east Rennell known as Toho, and flew in ...
Tagaloa was a supreme god who made the islands and the people. Mafuiʻe was the god of earthquakes. [2] There were also a number of war deities. Nafanua, Samoa's warrior goddess hails from the village of Falealupo at the western end of Savai'i island, which is also the site of the entry into Pulotu, the spirit world. She also is regarded as a ...
Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky