Tangaloa

Tangaloa called for his daughters Darkness, Lightning, and Thunder,

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Tangaloa langi tuavalu, Tangaloa of the eighth heaven;

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In another district Tangaloa was said to have come along the ocean in a canoe, with seven of a crew, and to have taken up his abode in the bush inland of the settlement.

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It is said that the god Tangaloa of the heavens once gave the people there a choice of two things.

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Tangaloa faatupu nuu, Tangaloa the creator of lands; Tangaloa asiasi nuu, Tangaloa the visitor of lands; Tangaloa lafoai nuu, Tangaloa the abandoner of lands -- these were some of the names by which this god superior was known.

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One night when Tangaloa lay down to sleep, he heard his grandson singing --

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Faleile-langi, the daughter of Tangaloa, had another child, and this one they clothed, and, in remembrance of the early tailoring, the island was called Ofu.

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-- The cult of the lizard is most prominent in the Pacific, where it appears as an incarnation of Tangaloa.

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A handsome dowry was got up, the marriage took place, and Tangaloa told Lu to name the earth Samoa when he came down, and so keep in remembrance his _preserve fowls_.

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At the marriage of Langituavalu and Lu, Tangaloa ordered all his people to contribute a fine white mat each, with which to form her dowry.

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