On Hawaii, north of the equator, Tagaroa (Kanaloa), has his domain in the west, a region towards which the celestial beings are moving. From being 'born' at the horizon in the east their 'lives' end at the horizon in the west, where they disappear. West is associated with evening and autumn, when the day respectively the summer is ending.

Kanaloa is in the south, Kane (Tane) in the north:

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↔	*ke alanui polohiwa a Kane*	the black-shining road of Tane	Tropic of Cancer	*the fixed stars of the lands (na hokupaa a ka aina)*
↔	*ke alanui a ke Ku'uku'u (ke alanui i ka Piko a Wakea)*	the great road of the Spider (the way to the navel of the Sky-father)	Equator
↔	*ke alanui polohiwa a Kanaloa*	the black-shining road of Tagaroa	Tropic of Capricorn
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On Easter Island, south of the equator, it would not appear strange if Tagaroa had changed his characteristics. With Tagaroa originating in the sky, his rising in the east would happen in summer on Easter Island given that he rose in winter north of the equator.