Māui (Polynesian demigod)
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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.
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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625656 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Māui (Polynesian demigod) Context triple: [Maui, isNamedAfter, Māui (Polynesian demigod)]
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A.
Hana, Maui
Hana, Maui is a remote, lush town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, famed for its scenic Road to Hana, waterfalls, and unspoiled natural beauty.
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B.
Nuʻuuli
Nuʻuuli is a village and commercial center on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa.
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C.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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D.
Roro
Roro is the ISO 15924 script code assigned to the undeciphered Rongorongo script of Easter Island.
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E.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Māui (Polynesian demigod) Target entity description: 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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A.
Hana, Maui
Hana, Maui is a remote, lush town on the eastern coast of Maui, Hawaii, famed for its scenic Road to Hana, waterfalls, and unspoiled natural beauty.
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B.
Nuʻuuli
Nuʻuuli is a village and commercial center on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa.
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C.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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D.
Roro
Roro is the ISO 15924 script code assigned to the undeciphered Rongorongo script of Easter Island.
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E.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Māui (Polynesian demigod) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui-mua
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui (mythological figure)
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
demigod Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui cycle of myths
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
subject surface form:
Hine-nui-te-pō
this entity surface form:
Māui
subject surface form:
Hine-nui-te-pō
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui
this entity surface form:
Māui