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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.
Māui (Hawaiian mythology) Maui (Mangarevan mythology) Maui (Tahitian mythology) Maui (Tongan mythology) Ti'iti'i (Samoan mythology) Whakatau - Another mythical Polynesian (Māori) person with a similar birth to Māui. Mauisaurus - New Zealand plesiosaur named after Maui. Maui's Dolphin Endemic dolphin named after Te Ika-a-Māui.
A Māori man painting a tattoo on a carved wooden tiki at Whakarewarewa model village, New Zealand, c. 1905 Hawaiian kiʻi at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park Tiki statuette from the Marquesas. In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne.
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern tales of supernatural events relating to the origins of what was the observable world for the pre-European Māori, often involving gods and demigods.
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").
Māui attempting to enter Hine-nui-te-pō. Carving by Tene Waitere in the meeting house Rauru (opened in 1900). [1] Hinenuitepo meeting house at Te Whaiti in 1930. Hine-nui-te-pō ("the great woman of the night") in Māori legends, is a goddess of night and she receives the spirits of humans when they die.
In Polynesian Folklore, Hawaiki (also rendered as ʻAvaiki in Cook Islands, Hawaiki in Māori, Savaiʻi in Samoan, Havaiʻi in Tahitian, Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian) is the original home of the Polynesians, before dispersal across Polynesia. [1] It also features as the underworld in many Māori stories.
Ureia, guardian taniwha of the Hauraki people. Carving from the meeting house Hotunui, 1878. In Māori mythology, taniwha (Māori pronunciation:) [1] are large supernatural beings that live in deep pools in rivers, dark caves, or in the sea, especially in places with dangerous currents or deceptive breakers (giant waves).