In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. He possessed superhuman...

sons, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, and Māui-a-kalana. Māui-a-kalana's wife is named Hinakealohaila, and his son is named Nanamaoa. Māui is one...

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...

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)...

In Māori mythology, Kaitangata is either a mortal son of Māui, or a son of star-god Rehua. Kaitangata, the son of Māui, is an industrious man who married...

of Maui and surrounding islands Maui gas field, New Zealand Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui), Māori name for the North Island of New Zealand Māui, hero...

In Māori mythology, Taranga is the mother of Māui. Her husband is Makeatutara. Māui was born prematurely, so Taranga wrapped his body in her hair and threw...

This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Note: there are two Mythologies relating Tangaroa, Papatuanuku and Ranginui (Raki) Haumiatiketike...

In Māori mythology, Makeatutara is the father of Māui. His wife is Taranga. He is a deity and guardian of the underworld. Makeatutara made mistakes as...

In Māori mythology, Irawaru is the origin of the dog. He is the husband of Hinauri, the sister of Māui. Māui becomes annoyed with Irawaru and stretches...

much-loved book. Māui Māori Te Ara "National Library of New Zealand". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 January 2024. "How Māui slowed the sun / Māori Myths, Legends...

demi-god Māui. Beautiful Rohe was a sister of the sun, and her face shone. A quarrel arose after Rohe remarked that Māui's face was ugly. Māui then decided...

is one of the primal deities who are the unborn forces of nature in Māori mythology. Ao is the personification of light, clouds, and the ordinary world...

In Māori mythology, Hinauri is the sister of Māui and the wife of Irawaru. Māui becomes annoyed with Irawaru and stretches out his limbs, turning him into...

Hawai'ian Maui-ki'i-ki'i. Māui (Hawaiian mythology) Māui (Mangarevan mythology) Māui (Māori mythology) Māui (Tahitian mythology) Māui (Tongan mythology) John...

(magazine), a weekly Kannada magazine Taranga (Māori mythology), the mother of the Māori demigod Māui Taranga (Hen) Island, Hen and Chicken Islands, New...

Māui (the canoe or vessel of Māui) is a Māori name for the South Island of New Zealand. Some Māori mythology says that it was the vessel which Māui (a...

streams and rivers. Mythology portal New Zealand portal Hawaiian religion Māori mythology Taylor, Richard (1870). Te Ika a Maui. 2nd ed. London: Macintosh...

"the". According to Māori mythology, the North and South Islands of New Zealand arose through the actions of the demigod Māui. Māui and his brothers were...

Malagasy mythology Māori mythology Motoro 'Oro Rapa Nui mythology (Easter Island) Samoan mythology Sina and the Eel Tahiti and Society Islands mythology Tongan...

The Fish of Māui, also known as Te-Ika-a-Māui, is a 1981 New Zealand children’s book by Peter Gossage, a New Zealand author. The book is retelling of...

similar roles, though in Manihiki he is the fire deity that Māui steals from, which in Māori mythology is instead Mahuika, a goddess of fire. Tangaroa is son...

voiced by American actor Dwayne Johnson. Maui is loosely based on the mythological figure Māui in Polynesian mythology. He is characterised as a demigod, trickster...

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia,...

Son of the Sun". The Māori word for "sun" or "day" is rā, deriving from Proto-Polynesian *laqaa. According to the Māori mythology the sun once moved across...

Mafuiʻe, Mafuike, Mahui'e or Mahuike. How Māui Found the Secret of Fire E. Best, Maori Religion and Mythology, Part 2 (Dominion Museum Bulletin No.11....

isolated offshoot of Māori who settled the Chatham Islands around 1500 CE. List of Māori migration canoes Polynesian navigation Māori culture Whakapapa According...

decision. The Māori name for Cape Turnagain is Te Aho a Māui, which means “Māui’s fishing line”, in reference to the Māori mythology story of Māui and his brothers...

The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting...

In Māori mythology, Te Uranga-o-te-rā is the fifth-lowest level of the underworld, ruled by Rohe, the wife of Māui, where "she kills all the spirits she...