Fao
Fao is one of the five original gods (tupua) of Niue who fled from the lost country of Fonuagalo. When he arrived in Niue, he was only able to place one of his feet on the ground, and Huanaki completed his work. He left Fonuagalo with the other gods either due to feeling unrecognized at feasts or because of laziness in preparing feasts.
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“Fao, along with Laga-iki, Fakahoko, Huanaki, and Lagi-atea, left the lost country (Fonuagalo), because they felt they had not been properly recognized at feasts.”
#31981 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Niuean mythology, Fao is one of the five principal gods (tupua) of the island of Niue. He is the god of humans on Niue. According to Peniamina, a Pacific island missionary stationed on the island, the Niue islanders consider Huanaki and Fao as their ancestors, and are central to their early history”
#31985 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Along with Fao, Huanaki was one of the earliest settlers, who swam across from Tonga. When they arrived in Niue, Fao was only able to place one of his feet on the ground.”
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