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Mānaiakalani is a constellation in Polynesian culture which translates to "The Chief's Fishline". It refers to the fishhook of demi-god Māui. Polynesian mythology tells of Māui pulling large fish from the ocean, representing the discovery of new islands. It is primarily made of Scorpius and the Navigator's Triangle. [1]
The great fish-hook of Maui, Manaiakalani, The whole earth was the fish-line bound by the knot, Kauiki bound to the mainland and towering high. Hanaiakamalama (lived there). The alae of Hina was the bait (of the fish-hook) let down to Hawaii. Tangled with the bait into a bitter death, Lifting up the very base of the island; Drawing it up to the ...
Mauisaurus - New Zealand plesiosaur named after Maui. Maui's Dolphin Endemic dolphin named after Te Ika-a-Māui. Māui is also featured in a number of children's books by Peter Gossage including: How Māui Slowed the Sun; The Fish of Māui; How Māui Found His Father and the Magic Jawbone; How Māui Found the Secret of Fire
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Tamatoa in 2016's Moana. ... Tamatoa still wants revenge on Moana and Maui after they stole back Maui's fish hook in the 2016 original, and he even offers to ...
In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. Māori names of Māui include Māui-tikitiki ("Māui the top-knot"), Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga ("Māui the top-knot of Taranga"), Māui-pōtiki ("Māui the last born"), and Māui te whare kino ("Māui the house of trouble").
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. said it doesn’t resemble the place he knew growing up. ... Before-and-after satellite images show Maui devastation in stark contrast. August 11, 2023 at 11: ...
The Javanese people of Indonesia call this constellation Banyakangrem ("the brooded swan") [16] or Kalapa Doyong ("leaning coconut tree") [17] due to the shape similarity. In Hawaii, Scorpius is known as the demigod Maui's Fishhook [18] or Ka Makau Nui o Māui (meaning the Big Fishhook of Māui) and the name of the fishhook was Manaiakalani. [19]
In 2011, director John Musker started reading about Polynesian mythology and decided that Māui was an ideal focus for an animated story. [2] Ron Clements said that Māui was the inspiration for the film, being a mythic demigod and larger than life figure who is found in many cultures of the South Pacific in different variations and therefore seemed like the perfect focal character. [3]