Tagaloa

In Samoan mythology, Tagaloa (also known as Tagaloa-Lagi or Tagaloa, Lagi of the Heavens/Skies) is generally accepted as the supreme ruler,[1] the creator of the universe, the chief of all gods and the progenitor of other gods.

Tagaloa Lagi dwelt in space and made the Heavens the sky, the land, the seas, the fresh water, the trees and the people.

Samoans believed Tagaloa created nine heavens.

Tagaloa's role as paramount deity in the Samoa pantheon bears similarities to the position of Ta'aroa in Tahiti and Io Matua Kore in New Zealand.

Otherwise, the still existing traditional family genealogies (which include the old religious hierarchy within them) and culture of Samoa would be meaningless and dead.

A Tagaloa statue made by Paula Schaafhausen.