Key Info

- Messenger bird son of Tagaloa

- His exhaustion of flying over a landless world leads to Tagaloa creating islands

Brief Bio

In Samoan mythology, Tuli is a divine figure—often depicted as the son of the creator god Tagaloa in the form of a bird (specifically the Pacific Golden Plover)—who acts as a messenger and agent in the creation of land and humanity. Exhausted by the ocean-covered world, Tuli requested land from Tagaloa, leading to the creation of islands, the planting of vines, and the eventual creation of the first humans from worms.