ʻAhoʻeitu
ʻAhoʻeitu is the first divine king of the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty in Tonga. He is the son of Tangaloa and ʻIlaheva. According to tradition, ʻAhoʻeitu ascended to the sky to meet his divine father and eventually established the royal Tongan dynasty.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First divine king of the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Talafale, Matakehe, Māliepō, Tuʻi Loloko, Tuʻi Folaha
- co occurs with
- Seketoʻa, Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa, ʻIlaheva, ʻIlaheva Vaʻepopua
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“All accounts, however, agree that 'Ilaheva became the wife of Tangaloa and mother of ʻAhoʻeitu, the first divine king of the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty in Tonga, around 900 AD. Her name was ʻIlaheva. She lived near Vaʻepopua in Tongatapu. Her chief or noble relative may have lived in Tongatapu, but perhaps also in Niutoputapu, Niue, or Samoa. ( E. W. Gifford, 1924)”
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“He punished them by confining them to the sky, while ʻAhoʻeitu was sent back to the earth, with divine mandate to become the King of Tonga. The wicked half-brothers repented, and begged their father that they also be allowed to follow ʻAhoʻeitu onto the earth.”
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“ʻIlaheva became pregnant and bore a son. After a while the god returned down from the sky and told her to name him ʻAhoʻeitu (day has dawned). Then he spoke that ʻAhoʻeitu should go down to earth where he would become the first Tuʻi Tonga”
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