Explore: Maui (polynesian Deity)

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)

Islands, he has similar roles, though in Manihiki, he is the fire deity that Māui steals from, which in Māori mythology is instead Mahuika, a goddess

Hina is the name assigned to a number of Polynesian deities. The name Hina usually relates to a powerful female force (typically a goddess or queen) who

In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is a god of eels. In Hawaiian mythology he fights with Māui, who is having an affair with his wife Hina. Māui kills him,

In Polynesian mythology, Mata Upola or Marangai was the third wind that Maui took control of. He represented the east wind. John B. Stair (1983). Old

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

of Pacific History, Vol. 33, Mo.2, J998 [2] Legends of Maui by W. D. Westervelt, p.25 [3], Dictionary of Polynesian mythology by Robert D. Craig, p. 28

reconstructed as Proto-Polynesian – probably spoken in the Tonga and Samoa area around 1000 BC. After this the legend of Maui was spreading prior to the

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 Polynesian mythology, Matuu or Matu is the god of the north wind and the second wind to be controlled by Maui. Faber, Pamela; Rull, Laura Medina. "Written