Māui
Māui is a character in folklore and legend with the ability to shapeshift.
↻ synthesized from 21 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in late 19th and 20th century sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nanaue, Skin-walker, Wendigo, Werecat, Weredog, Werehyena, Werejaguar, Weretiger, Werewolf, Baba Yaga, Changeling, Doppelgänger, Empousa, Huay Chivo, Nahual, Kelpie, Moura Encantada, Mangkukulam, Nixie, Saci, Tengu, Verechelen, Yokai, Yogoe, Hinatea, Tinirau, Tuhuruhuru, Pil'e, Limu, Kele, Toiukamea, Māʻimoaʻalōngona, Taufulifonua, Havea Lolofonua, Velesiʻi, Velelahi, Rotua, Rangihore, Maru, Vatea, Hemā, Whaitiri, Kaitangata, Tama-i-waho, Tāwhaki, Karihi, Rawhita-i-te-rangi, Hine-te-kawa, Maikuku, hākuai, Wahiroa, Hine, Hinakealohaila, Nanamaoa, Havea Hikuleʻo, Laufakanaʻa, Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa, Kohai, Koau, Momo, Tiki, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Ikatere, Punga, Mataaho, Kiwa, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Ārohirohi, Ikaroa, Hinemoana, Tangotango, Hinepūkohurangi, Tūāwhiorangi, Hinekapea, Hinehōaka, Whatipū, Hinenuitepō, Moekahu, Tangaloa ʻEitumātupuʻa, Tangaloa Tufunga, Tangaloa ʻAtulongolongo, Tangaloa Tamapoʻuliʻalamafoa, Tagaloa Eitumatupua, Ta'aroa, Tanaʻoa, Takaʻoa, Pimoe, Te Fiti, Tiʻitiʻi, ʻAkalana, Hina-a-ke-ahi, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, Māui-a-kalana, Tumu-Nui, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Hinenuitepō, Makeatutara, Taranga, atua kahukahu, Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, Tama-nui-te-rā, Murirangawhenua, Aoraki, Nereus, Loogaroo, Púca, Berserker, Erchitu, Ijiraq, Nagual, demons, Ala, jinn, Monkey King, Aswang, Banshee, Yaksha, Yaoguai, Tiyanak, Rakshasa, Lamia, Makara, Rongo, Tūmatauenga, Rūaumoko, Ao, Kui, Kanaloa, Tagaloa, kupua, Tāwhirimātea
- manifests as
- lizard
- enemy of
- Rohe, Hine-i-Tapeka, Tangaroa, Tuna, Te Ka, Hinenuitepō, Irawaru, Te Tuna, Kuna, Mahu-ika, Fire Children, Long Eel Tuna, Te Tunaroa
- parent of
- Rangihore
- sibling of
- Hina, Havea Hikuleʻo, Tangaloa, Māui-mua, Māui-waena, Māui-kiʻikiʻi, Māui-a-kalana, Tāne, Ru, Tangaloa ʻEiki, Hikuleʻo, Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, Māui-waho
- allied with
- Moana, Whaitiri-mātakataka
- child of
- Hina of Hilo, Fonuʻuta, Fonutahi, Papa, Hina, Murirangawhenua, ʻAkalana, Hina-a-ke-ahi, Taʼaroa, Makeatutara, Taranga
- student of
- Mahuika, Murirangawhenua
- syncretized with
- Marawa
- creator of
- Hāhau-whenua
Mentioned by
- Nereus
- Loogaroo
- Púca
- Berserker
- Erchitu
- Ijiraq
- Nagual
- demons
- Ala
- jinn
- Monkey King
- Aswang
- Banshee
- Yaksha
- Yaoguai
- Tiyanak
and 42 more
Sources
Source passages
“Māui”
#5321 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The great hero Māui is tricked by his father into thinking he has a chance to achieve immortality. In order to obtain this, Māui is told to enter into the goddess through her vagina. While Hine-nui-te-pō is asleep, Māui undresses himself ready and turns into a lizard to enter himself into the goddess”
#12583 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Tregear records the one myth associated with her, in which she is married to Māui. She was beautiful as he was ugly, and she refused his request to exchange faces. Māui, however, recited an incantation, and their faces were switched. In anger Rohe left him, and refused to live any longer in the world of light.”
#12990 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The legendary birth of Hina's son, Māui, is described as a supernatural conception after Hina wore a red loincloth she found on the ocean shore. After birth, Hina wrapped locks of her hair around her infant son and set him on a bed of limu kala supported by jellyfish in the sea. Māui then traveled to Kuaihelani where he acquired his famous powers.”
#18751 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“she pursued Māui after he had destroyed the Fire Children.”
#31314 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001