Karihi
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In Māori mythology
, Karihi is a brother or cousin of Tāwhaki
In one story, Hema was killed by the Ponaturi
, and Karihi, with his mother and his brother Tāwhaki, killed them all but two in revenge. They tricked the Ponaturi into entering a house, and then locked them in, claiming there was still time before the dawn. They then opened the door after the sun was up, the Ponaturi died at the exposure to sunlight.
According to the Ngai-Tuhoe account of this exploit, it was Karihi who suggested to his brother that they hide in the thatch of the roof of the house of the Ponaturi. [This hiding from enemies in the thatch of the roof of a house is paralleled in Yhôšūʻa (Joshua) 2:6.]
According to the Ngai-Tahu account, Karihi died when, in his attempt to climb to heaven, he was blown away by the wind of Uru-tonga. In some versions, Tā-whaki then took the eyes of his younger brother Karihi to their blind grandmother Mata-kerepo Whai-tiri. But in the Ngai-Tuhoe account of this attempted climb toward heaven, Karihi survived.
Maori mythology
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided...
, Karihi is a brother or cousin of Tāwhaki
Tāwhaki
In Māori mythology, Tāwhaki is a semi-supernatural being associated with lightning and thunder.-Genealogy:The genealogy of Tāwhaki varies somewhat in different accounts. In general, Tāwhaki is a grandson of Whaitiri, a cannibalistic goddess who marries the mortal Kaitangata , thinking that he...
In one story, Hema was killed by the Ponaturi
Ponaturi
In Māori mythology, the Ponaturi are a group of hostile creatures who live in a land beneath the sea by day, returning to shore each evening to sleep. They dread daylight, which is fatal to them. They appear in a number of stories, including:...
, and Karihi, with his mother and his brother Tāwhaki, killed them all but two in revenge. They tricked the Ponaturi into entering a house, and then locked them in, claiming there was still time before the dawn. They then opened the door after the sun was up, the Ponaturi died at the exposure to sunlight.
According to the Ngai-Tuhoe account of this exploit, it was Karihi who suggested to his brother that they hide in the thatch of the roof of the house of the Ponaturi. [This hiding from enemies in the thatch of the roof of a house is paralleled in Yhôšūʻa (Joshua) 2:6.]
According to the Ngai-Tahu account, Karihi died when, in his attempt to climb to heaven, he was blown away by the wind of Uru-tonga. In some versions, Tā-whaki then took the eyes of his younger brother Karihi to their blind grandmother Mata-kerepo Whai-tiri. But in the Ngai-Tuhoe account of this attempted climb toward heaven, Karihi survived.