Karihi
Māori · demigod · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Maori hero, younger brother of Tawhaki and son of Hema and Urutonga. Helped avenge Hema on the Ponaturi, but died on the vine of ascent when he climbed the wrong vine; Tawhaki took his eyes (or honoured him) and completed the climb to the heavens.
Parentage
- father: HemāSon of Hema.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- mother: UrutongaSon of Urutonga.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
Domains
- heroism
Relations
- father: HemāSon of Hema.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- mother: UrutongaSon of Urutonga.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- sibling: TāwhakiYounger brother of Tawhaki; the two destroyed the Ponaturi together and attempted the sky-ascent.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
Sources
- existence: George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), The Legend of Tawhaki (secondary); Tregear, The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), s.v. Karihi (secondary)