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==Tagaloa in mythology== Tagaloa features in many of Samoa's myths and legends. * Tagaloa rolled stones from heaven. One became the island [[Savai'i]] and the other stone became the island of [[Upolu]].<ref name="legends">[https://books.google.com/books/p/pub-4297897631756504?id=jeVgLnVFemMC&pg=PT35&dq=Samoa&lr=#v=onepage&q=Samoa&f=false] Legends of Maui by W. D. Westervelt, p.25</ref> * One legend tells that Tagaloa had two children, a son Moa and a daughter Lu. Tagaloa's daughter Lu had a son, also called Lu. Young Lu argued with his uncle Moa and fled to earth which he called Samoa.<ref name="dict">[https://books.google.com/books?id=P8OXZ2i7K7gC&q=Tagaloa&pg=PA250], Dictionary of Polynesian mythology by Robert D. Craig, p. 28</ref> * Tagaloa is the father of gods [[Lagi (mythology)|Lagi]] * Tagaloa is a sun god whose son Alo'alo married Sina, the daughter of Tuifiti. There is a legend about a figure called [[Tui Fiti]] in the village of [[Fagamalo]] on the island of Savai'i. * In [[Manu'a]], Tagaloa sent a vine to earth that resulted in maggots which became human beings. * Tagaloa brought a war god called Fe'e (octopus) to Manu'a * In [[Architecture of Samoa|Samoan architecture]], Tagaloa also features in a story which explains why Samoan houses are round.
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