Fakahoko
Niuean · deity · Niuean traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Fakahoko is one of the tupua of Niue, named in the standard lists of the principal gods alongside Fao, Huanaki and Lagi-atea, and sometimes given the alternative name Talimainuku. He belongs to the company of tupua who, in the Pulekula tradition, left the lost land of Fonuagalo because they felt unrecognised at its feasts and came to Niue; while Fao and Huanaki are the active makers of the island, Fakahoko is among the gods who came after them to take up residence on the finished land. He is a less individuated figure than the two creators but is consistently enumerated as one of the founding tupua.
Domains
- island settlement
Powers
- to take up dwelling on the newly created island
Epithets
- tupuaEdwin M. Loeb, History and Traditions of Niue, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 32 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1926). (secondary)
Relations
- companion: FaoFakahoko travelled in the same company of tupua as Fao from the lost land of Fonuagalo.Edwin M. Loeb, History and Traditions of Niue, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 32 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1926). (secondary)
- companion: HuanakiFakahoko settled the finished island together with Huanaki and the other tupua.Edwin M. Loeb, History and Traditions of Niue, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 32 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1926). (secondary)
- companion: Lagi-ateaFakahoko and Lagi-atea are listed together among the lesser tupua who came after the two island-creators.Edwin M. Loeb, History and Traditions of Niue, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 32 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1926). (secondary)
Sources
- Fakahoko (also called Talimainuku) is one of the tupua of Niue, a member of the band of gods who migrated from the lost land of Fonuagalo with Fao and Huanaki and settled the newly created island.: Edwin M. Loeb, History and Traditions of Niue, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 32 (Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1926). (secondary); Pulekula, 'Traditions of the Niue-Fekai,' trans. S. Percy Smith, Journal of the Polynesian Society 12, no. 1 (1903): 22–31. (secondary)