Pua Tu Tahi

In the mythology of Tahiti, Pua Tu Tahi was one of the demons of the deep in the legend of Rata.

References

R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 217;
T. Henry, Ancient Tahiti (Bernice P. Bishop Museum: Honolulu, 1928), 469-95
The story of Rata

Tahiti and Society Islands mythology

Deities	Fati Ro'o-i-Te-Hiripoi Ta'aroa Taonoui Tumu-nui

People	the Maohi people Maui Rata

Demons and monsters	Pahuanui Pua Tu Tahi Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua

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