Moimoi

Tongan · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification

Relations

sibling: Seketo'aElder brother of Seketoa of the Maatu line of Niuatoputapu.Gifford, E. W. Tongan Myths and Tales (Bishop Museum Bulletin 8, 1924), on Moimoi and Seketoa (secondary)
enemy: Seketo'aHis jealousy and plot against the beloved younger brother drove Seketoa into the sea to become a god.Gifford, E. W. Tongan Myths and Tales (Bishop Museum Bulletin 8, 1924), on Moimoi plotting against Seketoa (secondary)

Sources

existence: Gifford, E. W. Tongan Myths and Tales (Bishop Museum Bulletin 8, 1924), the Seketoa narrative (secondary); Collocott, E. E. V. Tales and Poems of Tonga (Bishop Museum Bulletin 46, 1928), on the god Seketoa and his brother (secondary)

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