Atu

{{short description|Figure in Samoan mythology}}

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In Samoan mythology, Atu was the first man on Fiji and Tonga.{{cite journal |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_1_1892/Volume_1%2C_No._3%2C_1892/The_Samoan_story_of_creation%3A_a_tala%2C_p164-189/p1 |title=THE SAMOAN STORY OF CREATION—A 'Tala.' |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=1 |issue=3 |page=179 |date=1892 |access-date=4 September 2021}} (Note: This is according to the Samoans, not the Fijians or Tongans; see also Ila.)