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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.
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.
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]
This pre-missionary wooden statue of Kamapua'a was found in a cave in up-country Maui. It is on display at the Bailey House Museum.. In Hawaiian mythology, Kamapuaʻa ("hog child") [1] is a hog-man fertility superhuman associated with Lono, the god of agriculture.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains divine ...
Of course, Maui (voiced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) returns as the demigod to help her find the lost island of Motufetu. Moana 2. In one scene, Moana heads right into the belly of the beast ...
Moana and Maui team up again in Moana 2, which hit theaters on Nov. 27. Together, they set out to connect their island to all the people of the entire official, Moana says in the official trailer .
Dwayne Johnson — and by extension, his Moana character, demi-god Maui — looks strong enough to handle anything. But sometimes the strongest thing a person can do is ask for help.