Tongaiti
Family: the Tongan legends · First appears: Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 1
Life events
- In the Tongan legend, Vatea and Tongaiti quarreled over the child, each claiming it as his own.(Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 1)
- With: Vatea the child (Chapter IV)
- “Vatea (Wakea) and their ancestor Tongaiti quarreled concerning a child--each claiming it as his own.”
- In the Tongan legend, Vatea and Tongaiti struggled over the child and cut it in two.(Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 1)
- With: Vatea the child (Chapter IV)
- “In the struggle the child was cut in two.”
- In the Tongan legend, Tongaiti made his half of the child into a ball, which became the moon.(Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 1)
- With: the child (Chapter IV) the moon
- “At last he took the flesh which lay on the ground and made it into a ball.”
Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 1
- enemies with Vatea “In the struggle the child was cut in two.”
Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures
⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →
Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.