Tagaloa
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In Samoan mythology, Tagaloa is generally accepted as the supreme ruler, the creator of the universe, the chief of all gods and the progenitor of other gods. Tagaloa Lagi dwelt in space and made the H
A Tagaloa statue made by Paula Schaafhausen.
Savaiʻi
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Savaiʻi is the largest and highest island both in Samoa and in the Samoan Islands chain. The island is also the sixth largest in Polynesia, behind the three main islands of New Zealand and the Hawaiia
Tagaloa
…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. One legend tells that Tagaloa had two children, a son Moa and a daughter Lu. Tagaloa's daughter Lu had…
Savaiʻi volcano, as seen from the NASA's EO-1 satellite in July 2010
Studio photo depicting the Samoa ʻava ceremony, 1911
Two men fishing from canoe, 1914
Charles Wilkes