Maui (Mangarevan mythology)

In the mythology of Mangareva, Maui hauls the land up from the sea, and ties the sun with tresses of hair. His father was Ataraga; his mother, Uaega. 
There were eight Maui: Maui-mua, Maui-muri, Maui-toere-mataroa, Tumei-hauhia, Maui-tikitiki-toga, Maui-matavaru, Maui-taha, Maui-roto. Maui the eight-eyed (matavaru) is the hero. He is born from his mother's navel, and is raised by his grandfather, Te Rupe, who gives him a magic staff named Atua-tane, and a hatchet named Iraiapatapata 
==See also==
*Māui (Hawaiian mythology)
*Māui (Māori mythology)
*Maui (Tahitian mythology)
*Maui (Tongan mythology)
*Ti'iti'i (Samoan mythology)
==References==
*E. R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay, 1891).
*M. Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (university of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1970).
== External links == 
* Oceanic Mythology Roland B. Dixon, 1916, chapter on the Māui cycle
Category:Polynesian mythology
Category:Deities