Tagaloa (Tregear’s fishing account)
Tongan · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Tregear’s Tongan account describes Tagaloa raising the islands with his fishing line and names his sons Tubo and Vaka-akau-uli. The passage does not identify which named Tangaloa this is.
Children in alternative accounts
- Tubo: Tregear fishing accountEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 464, Tonga subsection of Tangaroa entry (secondary)
- Vaka-akau-uli: Tregear fishing accountEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 464, Tonga subsection of Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Relations
- same name context: Tangaloa 'Eitumatupu'aEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 464, Tonga subsection of Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Sources
- Tregear’s Tongan account describes Tagaloa raising the islands with his fishing line and names his sons Tubo and Vaka-akau-uli. The passage does not identify which named Tangaloa this is.: Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 464, Tonga subsection of Tangaroa entry (secondary)