Tongan mythology

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Tongan mythology is the traditional body of myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the Tongan people, explaining the origins of the world, gods, and ancestral heroes in the Tongan islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythology
traditional religion
associatedWith Tongan kingship
Tuʻi Tonga dynasty NERFINISHED
cosmologyFeature earth
sky world
underworld
country Tonga NERFINISHED
describes ancestral heroes
gods
origins of the Tongan islands
origins of the world
ethnicGroup Tongan people NERFINISHED
hasConcept Pulotu NERFINISHED
hasCultureHero Ahoeitu NERFINISHED
Maui NERFINISHED
hasDeity Havea Hikuleʻo NERFINISHED
Hikuleʻo NERFINISHED
Maui NERFINISHED
Maui Kisikisi NERFINISHED
Momo NERFINISHED
Tangaloa NERFINISHED
Tangaloa Tufunga NERFINISHED
Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo NERFINISHED
Tangaloa ʻEiki NERFINISHED
Taufa NERFINISHED
Taufaʻahau (as deified ancestor) NERFINISHED
hasMythicAncestor Ahoeitu NERFINISHED
hasTheme divine ancestry of chiefs
fertility and agriculture
relationship between gods and humans
sea and fishing
voyaging and navigation
hasUnderworld Pulotu NERFINISHED
includesMythType creation myth GENERATED
flood myth GENERATED
heroic legend GENERATED
origin myth GENERATED
includesRitual kava ceremony (mythic origins)
influencedBy Christianity NERFINISHED
language Tongan language NERFINISHED
partOf Oceanian mythology
region Polynesia NERFINISHED
relatedTo Fijian mythology NERFINISHED
Hawaiian mythology NERFINISHED
Māori mythology NERFINISHED
Samoan mythology NERFINISHED
religiousBeliefSystemOf Tongan people NERFINISHED
transmittedBy oral tradition

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Avaiki hasCulturalContext Tongan mythology