Complex sentence: He is the local form of a Polynesian deity generally connected with the sea and known as Tangaroa in New Zealand, Tagaloa in Samoa, and Ta'aroa in Tahiti.
Split into simpler sentences: He is the local form of a Polynesian deity generally connected with the sea. Roughly equivalent deities are known as Tangaroa in New Zealand, Tagaloa in Samoa, and Ta'aroa in Tahiti.