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Maui (/ m aʊ w iː /) is a fictional character that appears in the 2016 Walt Disney Animation Studios animated film Moana. He was created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker and is voiced by American actor Dwayne Johnson. Maui is loosely based on the mythological figure Māui in Polynesian mythology.
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.
Moana and Maui also repeat the bit where they escape an island full of obstacles (although this time it is a cool ginormous clam) to make their way to a whole other island where a dangerous force ...
It’s almost time to return to the sea alongside Moana and Maui when the duo sails back into theaters for their sequel film. Moana 2 follows the success of the first animation, which was released ...
The movie has a dramatic ending. ... And, of course, there's the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who, by the end of the movie, teams up with Moana. There are new faces with Moana on this adventure.
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]
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 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).