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Sculpture of Maui capturing the sun Māui Snaring the Sun, pen and ink drawing by Arman Manookian, circa 1927, Honolulu Academy of Arts. In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies. In the Kumulipo, he is the son of ʻAkalana and his wife Hina-a-ke-ahi . This couple has four sons ...
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.
Together, Papahānaumoku and Wākea created Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and Ho’ohokukalani. After Wākea committed incest with his daughter, Ho’ohokukalani, she gave birth to Haloa-naka-lau-kapalili, meaning trembling long stalk. [4] It was a stillborn baby, which they later planted and became the first kalo or taro, a staple of the Hawaiian diet.
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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.
Disney 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 ...
Earth mother: Tūmatauenga God of war, hunting, fishing and agriculture: Tāwhirimātea God of the Weather, and storms [1] Hine-ahu-one First woman: Tāne-mahuta God of forests and birds: Tangaroa God of the sea : Rongo-mā-tāne God of peace, and of cultivated plants: Haumia-tiketike God of wild food plants: Urutengangana God of the light ...
Heaven Hart, born March 22, 2005, is the eldest child of Kevin Hart and his first wife, Torrei Hart. She graduated from high school in 2023 and started college later that year.