Editing Kahaʻi (section)

==Tuamotus==
In the [[Tuamotus|Tuamotuan]] version of the myth, '''Tahaki''' and [[Karihi-Nui|Karihi]] are twins, but only Tahaki has magical powers.  Tahaki's father, Hema, trespassed on lands belonging to the goblins of Matuauru in order to go crabbing.  They captured him and took him prisoner, and Tahaki and Karihi begin a quest to rescue him.  En route, Karihi accidentally gets snared on the fishing line of their blind grandmother, Kuhi.  Tahaki throws coconuts at the old woman and when they hit her, her sight is miraculously restored.  Tahaki again sets out to save his father, whom he finds in a pit on [[Matuaru]] and rescues.  He then proceeds to Hiva-nui, the land of the goblins, with a strong net called [[Tukutuhuraho-nui]] (great spider).  Ensnaring the goblins, he beats them to death.  While returning home via the land of the fish, he gives his dark skin to the [[Hami-kere]] fish.  After his death, Tahaki goes to the sacred sky of [[Kāne|Kane]], where it is set apart to rule over [[Havaiki-nui]].

:Sources:
:*R.D. Craig, ''Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology'' (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 88-89.
:*J.F. Stimson, ''Tuamotuan Legends: Island of Anaa'' (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, 1937), 60-96.