Hikuleʻo
deity underworld Polynesian single tradition · 2
Havea Hikuleʻo is the lord of Pulotu. When Taufulifonua had become old and close to death, he divided the universe: Tangaloa got the sky to rule, Maui the earth, and Havea Hikuleʻo became the lord of Pulotu. Hikuleʻo's offspring was Loʻau, and the ancestry of the Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
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- co occurs with
- Pil'e, Limu, Kele, Toiukamea, Māʻimoaʻalōngona, Fonuʻuta, Fonutahi, Velesiʻi, Velelahi, Tanaʻoa, Takaʻoa, Kanaloa, Tangaroa, Tagaloa, Ta'aroa
- parent of
- Loʻau
- child of
- Taufulifonua, Havea Lolofonua
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“Tangaloa got the sky to rule, Maui the earth, and Havea Hikuleʻo became the lord of Pulotu. The historical interpretation of this triumvirate (Hikuleʻo, Maui, Tangaloa) may be a struggle to liberate Tonga from the dominance of the Tuʻi Pulotu empire in Fiji, after which the victors could divide the spoils.”
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“He may have exchanged functions with his cousins Hikuleʻo and Maui, or other gods seemingly at random in different places.”
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