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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.
Māui sailed a canoe called Mahaanui and after he had pulled up the North Island (Te Ika a Maui) he left Mahaanui on top of a mountain in the foothills behind what is now Ashburton. That mountain now bears the name Mahaanui, [13] and the coastline between Banks Peninsula and the Waitaki River is called Te tai o Mahaanui (the tides of Mahaanui).
Participant of the Merrie Monarch Parade in Hilo performs as demigod Māui. In the 2016 Disney computer-animated musical film Moana, the demigod Maui is voiced by Dwayne Johnson. Abandoned by his human parents as a baby, the gods took pity on him and made him a demigod and gave him a magic fish hook that gives him the ability to shapeshift. [7]
Dwayne Johnson will be bringing his character Maui to life, playing the demigod in the live-action adaptation. In June 2024, Disney revealed that 17-year-old Catherine Laga‘aia will star as Moana.
That's certainly true for Moana 's demi-god, Maui (Dwayne Johnson), whose tattoos are animated renderings of his past (they even move!). But Maui isn't the only one with impressive ink anymore.
Māui - ancient hero and chief, demigod, shapeshifter. Menehune; Nāmaka - sea goddess and sister of Pele. Nanaue - demigod, son of Kamohoalii the shark god, and Kalei, a mortal women; Nuʻakea - goddess of milk; Nightmarchers; Nuʻu - Hawaiian Noah; Papa - Goddess of Nature; Paʻao
The sequel comes eight years after audiences were introduced to the Polynesian hero, voiced by Auli’i Cravalho, in the original film. Disney said that Moana and Maui, the demigod originally ...
Māui, a demigod, culture hero, and trickster. Motoro; Ngahue or Kahue, the god or discoverer of pounamu, the taniwha Poutini is his guardian. Pūhaorangi, a celestial being who descended from the heavens to sleep with the beautiful maiden Te Kuraimonoa. Punga or Hairi, the ancestor of sharks, lizards, rays, and all deformed, ugly things.