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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.
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]
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).
It's a question that the demigod Maui tunefully poses to the titular princess in "Moana 2." But this seemingly simple request is steeped in cultural tradition, notable in narrative context and ...
Set a few years after the original film, Moana 2 follows Moana as she is joined by the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and a new crew of adventurers on a mission to reunite her people across the ocean.
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
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 November 2024. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...