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Kaha'i (specifically: Hawaii; elsewhere Tafaki, Tafa'i, Tahaki, Tava'i, Tāwhaki) is a handsome Polynesian demigod whose exploits were popular in many Polynesian mythologies. ==Hawaii== In Hawaiian mythology, according to Tregear, the legends about Kaha’i are 'extremely fragmentary and vague', but they indicate that Hema traveled to 'Kahiki' (perhaps Tahiti, but more probably to ''kahiki'' 'the distance', as ''kahiki'' can be understood to include all of the islands in the Pacific Ocean) to receive a tribute called ''palala'' for the birth of his son Kaha’i. There he was captured by the Aiaia (a bird, messenger of the god Kane), died, and was buried in Ulu-paupau. Kaha’i decided to go and avenge his father. A rainbow was the path over which he and his brother ‘Alihi ascended into the skies, where they asked Kane and Kanaloa where Hema's remains were to be found. :Sources: : * E.R. Tregear, ''Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary'', (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay 1891), 497. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaha'i」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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