Kahai

Role: sea-rover · First appears: Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon

Life events

• Hina showed Kahai the way into the skies, and he ascended in quest of adventures among the immortals.(Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon · 📍 the skies)
  • With: Hina
  • “From this watch tower in the heavens she pointed out to Kahai, one of her descendents, the way to rise up into the skies. The ancient chant thus describes his ascent: ‘The rainbow is the path of Kahai. Kahai rose. Kahai bestirred himself. Kahai passed on the floating cloud of Kane. Perplexed were the eyes of Alihi. Kahai passed on on the glancing light. The glancing light on men and canoes. Above was Hanaiakamalama.’ (Hina). Thus under the care of his ancestress Hina, Kahai, the great sea-rover, made his ascent in quest of adventures among the immortals.”

Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon

• elder kin: Hina “From this watch tower in the heavens she pointed out to Kahai, one of her descendents, the way to rise up into the skies.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.