Tangaloa was an important family of gods in
Tongan mythology. The first Tangaloa was the cousin of
Havea Hikuleo and
Maui, or in some sources the brother or son or father of them. He was Tangaloa Eiki (T. lord), and was assigned by his father, Taufulifonua, the realm of the sky to rule. Among his offspring the following are found:
Tangaloa Tamapoulialamafoa, Tangaloa Eitumātupua, Tangaloa Atulongolongo, and Tangaloa Tufunga. But different sources disagree about the exact family relations between any Tangaloa. Tangaloa Tufunga (T. carpenter) was known as an
adze maker. Tangaloa Eitumātupua is known in
Sāmoa as Tagaloa Eitumatupua (T. ghost and riddle; an eitu or
aitu is a second rank god of somewhat malevolent nature).
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[Polynesian] The god of the Tongese, whose earth-born son, Ahoeitu, having climbed to the heaven tree to meet his father, was torn apart by his jealous siblings, and eaten. Eitumatupua ordered that each of his offspring regurgitate the parts of Ahoeitu that they had consumed, and thus he made his son whole again.
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