Laufakanaʻa
Laufakanaʻa was a primordial creator god in Tongan mythology whose name means 'speak to silence' or 'command the winds to calm down,' and his home was ʻAta. He was commanded by Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa to descend from the sky to become ruler of ʻAta and ruler of the winds. He controlled the winds for sailors who prayed to him with offerings of fermented breadfruit meal cooked in coconut oil, and brought down special fishing nets and sacred plants from the sky to earth.
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- co occurs with
- Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa, Tangaloa ʻEiki, Tangaloa Tufunga, Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo, Kohai, Koau, Momo, Tangaloa Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa, Māui, Havea Hikuleʻo, Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa, Tangaloa
- serves
- Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa
- aspect of
- faʻahikehe
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“Laufakanaʻa (speak to silence; i.e.: command [the winds] to calm down) was a primordial creator god, and his home was ʻAta...the god Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa was the king of the sky, and he commanded some of the Tangaloa gods to tell the faʻahikehe (sub-god) Laufakanaʻa”
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“He is the one who ordered (through his servants all called Tangaloa (Tangaloa ʻEiki, Tangaloa Tufunga, and Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo)) the sub-god Laufakanaʻa to become ruler of that island.”
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