Aku-Aku - First encountered by a man named Tu’u Koihu as he was enjoying a midnight walk in the Puna Pau quarry on Easter Island, these knee-high faeries are usually invisible and seem to detest being seen, but the aforementioned witness spied two of them asleep in front of him. He noticed their skeletal bodies and lack of bellies, and was then chased away by the two entities for what he had seen. After agreeing not to tell anyone, he carved the likenesses of the spirits out of wood, and these sculptures were later used to ward away other evil spirits by the man's ancestors.
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