Māui

Māui (Maui) is the great culture hero and trickster of the Polynesian religion.

Stories about his exploits are told in nearly every Polynesian land. Maui in most cases is regarded as a god, or as fully divine; in some places, he is regarded as merely human.

He appears as a demigod and a primary character in the 2016 Disney film Moana, and was voiced by Dwayne Johnson; Maui is armed with a magical fish hook.

List of Māui legends by ethnicity

For articles by culture, see:

• Māui (Māori mythology)
• Māui (Hawaiian mythology)
• Maui (Tongan mythology)
• Maui (Tahitian mythology)
• Maui (Mangarevan mythology)
• Ti'iti'i (Samoan mythology)

See also

• Hoderi, another mythological figure armed with a magical fish hook.

References

• E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay, 1891).
• M. Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, 1970).
• W.D. Westervelt, Legends of Maui (Hawaiian Gazette: Honolulu, 1910).