Maui
Maui - some refer to him as a Hawaiin superman! There is even an island in Hawaii that shares his name. Storytelling of legends and mythology have always been important in Oceanic cultures. For thousands of years the tales of Maui have been spread all across oceans! Maui is a god that has supernatural powers.
He is somewhat of a prankster but his importance will never be undervalued in the art of Mo'olelo (storytelling & history). He is an enchanted being he possesses a magical jawbone of his ancestors, and in Hawaii he had a powerful fishhook. When he would go fishing with his brothers, his biggest catches were the islands that were pulled up out of the water and exist today.
In Polynesian tales of Maui he at one point lifted the sky with all his might, and the help of his father. He lifted the sky so far up that humans, natures and animals wouldn't be squished and they would have enough room to grow and flourish peacefully.
The tales say that had he and his father not worked together, or our world wouldn't be as it is today. This myth shows us the importance of family! Some other famous stories of Maui are the time he restrained the sun to help crops grow, pulling various islands up from the bottom of the ocean floor, the killing of the long eel, and some say he also discovered fire!!
He is somewhat of a prankster but his importance will never be undervalued in the art of Mo'olelo (storytelling & history). He is an enchanted being he possesses a magical jawbone of his ancestors, and in Hawaii he had a powerful fishhook. When he would go fishing with his brothers, his biggest catches were the islands that were pulled up out of the water and exist today.
In Polynesian tales of Maui he at one point lifted the sky with all his might, and the help of his father. He lifted the sky so far up that humans, natures and animals wouldn't be squished and they would have enough room to grow and flourish peacefully.
The tales say that had he and his father not worked together, or our world wouldn't be as it is today. This myth shows us the importance of family! Some other famous stories of Maui are the time he restrained the sun to help crops grow, pulling various islands up from the bottom of the ocean floor, the killing of the long eel, and some say he also discovered fire!!