Maui (Mangarevan mythology)

In Mangareva, Maui hauls the land up from the sea, and ties the sun with tresses of hair. His father was Ataraga; his mother, Uaega. There were eight Maui: Maui-mua, Maui-muri, Maui-toere-mataroa, Tumei-hauhia, Maui-tikitiki-toga, Maui-matavaru, Maui-taha, Maui-roto. Maui the eight-eyed (matavaru) is the hero. He is born from his mother's navel, and is raised by his grandfather, Te Rupe, who gives him a magic staff named Atua-tane, and a hatchet named Iraiapatapata (Tregear 1891:236).

See also

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

External links

• Oceanic Mythology Roland B. Dixon, 1916, chapter on the Māui cycle

References

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

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