In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Tonga), Ahoeitu is a son of the god Eitumatupua, who climbed to earth from the sky on a tree and fathered Ahoeitu by Ilaheva. Eitumatupua left Earth and his lover and son. Ahoeitu grew into a man and wanted to find his father; his mother told him to climb the tree and he would see his father catching pigeons. Ahoeitu did so, but his half-brothers were jealous of their father's happiness at seeing him, so they killed him and ate him. Eitumatupua forced them to regurgitate the pieces, and he then made Ahoeitu whole again. Ahoeitu became the King of Tonga. Polynesia is a triangle of islands in the Pacific Ocean. ... In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Tonga), Eitumatupua is a sky god who once climbed down to Earth on a tree and fathered Ahoeitu by Ilaheva. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Tonga), Ilaheva is a worm-descendant and the mother of Ahoeitu by Eitumatupua. ... Pigeon redirects here. ...
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In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Tonga), Ahoeitu is a son of the god Eitumatupua, who climbed to earth from the sky on a tree and father Ahoeitu by Ilaheva.
Ahoeitu grew into a man and wanted to find his father; his mother told him to climb the tree and he would see his father catching pigeons.
Ahoeitu did so, but his half-brothers were jealous of their father's happiness at seeing him, so they killed him and ate him.
But when Ahoeitu grew up he longed to visit his father in the sky, and his mother told him that he would find Eitumatupua catching pigeons.
When their father had discovered the crime, he commanded his sons to vomit up the pieces of Ahoeitu that they had consumed, and then he remade the boy, with the aid of magic herbs.
Ahoeitu was then sent back to Earth as the ruler of Tonga, while his sky-brothers were condemned to remain in the tree, though eventually Eitumatupua relented, and freed them.
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