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This version of Maui incorporates elements of the Māui from Māori mythology and other Polynesian narratives. Maui was also the subject of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's song "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" in his most well-known album, Facing Future, which is the highest selling Hawaiian album of all time.
Some exploits common to most Polynesian traditions are stealing fire for humans from the underworld, fishing up islands with his magical hook, and capturing the Sun to lengthen the days. [2] There is a great deal of variation in the representations of Māui from nation to nation, from being a handsome young man, to being an old wise wandering ...
His brothers would not lend him any bait, so he struck himself on the nose and baited the hook with his blood. Māui hauled a great fish, known as Hāhau-whenua , up from the depths. Thus the North Island of New Zealand is known as Te Ika-a-Māui (The Fish of Māui).
Versions of this story are found on Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, and Maui. In the Maui version several white men and a woman were shipwrecked during the reign of King Kakaalaneo at Kiwi near Waihee. The captain's Hawaiian name was Kukanaloa. The men married, had families, and became ancestors of some of the chiefs.
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Before the man could pick up the rupe, Māui transformed back into his human form. Looking at one another, Maui and his father knew they were father and son. His father, Makeatutara , took him to a sacred waterfall, bathed him in the waters and chanted a karakia to give Māui more magical powers and everlasting power.
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