Māui (Polynesian demigod)

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Polynesian demigod culture hero mythological character trickster figure

Māui is a celebrated Polynesian culture hero and trickster demigod known for feats such as fishing up islands, slowing the sun, and bringing fire to humanity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Māui	14
Māui (Polynesian demigod) canonical	1
Māui (mythological figure)	1
Māui cycle of myths	1
Māui cycle of stories	1
Māui-mua	1
demigod Māui	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polynesian demigod ⓘ culture hero ⓘ mythological character ⓘ trickster figure ⓘ
associatedWith	control of the sun ⓘ creation of islands ⓘ origin of fire ⓘ quest for immortality ⓘ
culture	Hawaiian mythology ⓘ Māori mythology ⓘ Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ surface form: Polynesian mythology Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ surface form: Samoan mythology Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ surface form: Tahitian mythology Tongan mythology ⓘ
deathCause	failed attempt to enter the goddess of death to gain immortality for humans ⓘ
divineStatus	demigod ⓘ
familyRole	son ⓘ youngest brother ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
goal	benefit humankind ⓘ obtain advantages for humans from gods ⓘ
knownFor	cleverness ⓘ deception of gods and humans ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ
mortalityStatus	mortal ⓘ
narrativeFunction	explains cultural practices ⓘ explains natural phenomena ⓘ
narrativeGenre	myth ⓘ
notableFeat	attempted to win immortality for humans ⓘ brought fire to humans ⓘ fished up islands from the sea ⓘ slowed the sun ⓘ
opponent	Tama-nui-te-rā ⓘ goddess of death Hine-nui-te-pō ⓘ
parent	Makeatutara ⓘ Taranga ⓘ
regionOfMyth	New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Aotearoa New Zealand Hawaiian Islands ⓘ Polynesia ⓘ Samoa ⓘ Tahiti ⓘ
role	hero ⓘ trickster ⓘ
sibling	Māui (Polynesian demigod) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Māui-mua Māui-taha ⓘ surface form: Māui-pae Māui-roto ⓘ Māui-taha ⓘ
spouse	Hina ⓘ
symbol	fishhook ⓘ
weapon	magic fishhook ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maui → isNamedAfter → Māui (Polynesian demigod) ⓘ

Māui (Polynesian demigod) → sibling → Māui (Polynesian demigod) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Māui

this entity surface form: Māui-mua

Polynesian indigenous religions → hasDeity → Māui (Polynesian demigod) ⓘ