The first Tangaloa was the cousin of Havea Hikuleʻo and Maui, or in some sources the brother or son or father of them.
He was Tangaloa ʻEiki (T. lord), and was assigned by his father, Taufulifonua, the realm of the sky to rule.
Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa is known in Samoa as Tagaloa Eitumatupua (T. ghost and riddle; an eitu or aitu is a second rank god of somewhat malevolent nature).
A big toa ('ironwood tree) reaching into the sky grew on the island of Toʻonangakava between Mataʻaho and Talakite.
Then, when the woman answered him that her place was sandy, he said he would throw some clay down from the sky so she could make a plantation for their child.