Tahaki

DEMIGOD: a hero of the heroic-genealogy stratum, not a god. Entered male / immortal / mythic-prehistoric. SOLITARY: his named kin (father Hema, twin Karihi, grandmother Kuhi/Kui) are thinly-developed name-level figures not authored in this batch, so no in-batch kin edge is asserted. Cognate with Maori Tawhaki, Tahitian Tafa'i, Hawaiian Kaha'i (noted, not identity).

Domains

• the radiant hero
• the rescue quest and vengeance

Powers

• shines with red radiant skin (his recognition-mark)
• ensnares and slays the goblins of Matuauru with the great net

Sources

• Stimson, J. Frank. The Legends of Maui and Tahaki (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 127, 1934)
• Stimson, J. Frank. Tuamotuan Legends (Island of Anaa), Part I: The Demigods (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 148, 1937)