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  2. Taranga (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui arrived at his mother's village one day, and recognized his brothers. Taranga didn't know who he was until Māui reminded her of the circumstances of his birth. Each morning, Taranga would disappear and eventually Māui followed her to the underworld by assuming the shape of a wood pigeon. Māui found her with his father, Makeatutara, a ...

  3. How Māui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone - Wikipedia

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    At this point in the storyline, Māui has found his mother, Taranga, and bought her home with him to his village but was still curious who his father was. Taranga snuck out each day in the early morning. Māui decided to follow her and watched her leave the pā and leap into a hole down the hill. [3]

  4. Māui (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui is the son of Taranga, the wife of Makeatutara. He was a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant [a] into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Ocean spirits found and wrapped the child in seaweed and jellyfish.

  5. Polynesian Mythology (book) - Wikipedia

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    Māui, the son of Taranga, was born prematurely and thrown into the sea wrapped in a tress of his mother's topknot; he is found by his ancestor Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, who nurses him to health. After introducing himself to his mother and brothers and living with them, he came to wonder where Taranga went to during the day.

  6. A Guide to Maui's Road to Hana - AOL

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    What is The Road to Hana? Technically, the Road to Hana is the Hana Highway located in East Maui. It’s the 65-mile long portion of Hawaii Route 36 and 360 with Kahului at one end and Hana town ...

  7. Dwayne Johnson says Maui's new “Moana 2” song was vocally ...

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    Related: Maui's arc in Moana 2 allowed Dwayne Johnson to reflect on his own vulnerability: 'Asking for help is a superpower' "In the first film, she did that for Maui," says co-director David G ...

  8. 'Some of us need work': Does Maui's recovery depend on ... - AOL

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    After the tragic wildfires, Maui is reckoning with how tourism can help rebuild the island's economy.

  9. Māui - Wikipedia

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    Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity ( demigod ) and more of a folk hero . His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.