Disney fans will remember Maui is the demigod with a giant fish hook that allows him to shape-shift into different animals. He's based on The Rock's grandfather Peter Maivia, who was a Samoan-American professional wrestler and actor just like his grandson Dwayne.
Well, turns out that Johnson's grandfather, High Chief Mavia of Samoa, was actually a partial inspiration for Maui, a demigod of the South Pacific. You're welcome.
Maui (/maʊwiː/) is a fictional character from the animated film Moana. Created by directors Ron Clements and John Musker and voiced by Dwayne Johnson, Maui is loosely based on Māui from Hawaiian mythology.
“My next project that I will be shooting is a live-action version of Moana,” he revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “You're real life Maui!” host Jimmy Fallon exclaimed at the fact that Johnson will be reprising his role as the shapeshifting demigod.
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Who is playing the real life Moana?
Theatrically released in November 2016, Moana stars Auli'i Cravalho as the titular teenage heroine and follows her on the adventure of a lifetime as she embarks on a journey across the ocean to save her people.
Māui is a character from Māori and Polynesian mythology. Though the stories about him do sometimes differ, he is consistently depicted as a clever, talented trickster. He's a demi-god, and he has supernatural powers, but still looks human. According to legend, Māui was a premature baby.
Disney fans will remember Maui is the demigod with a giant fish hook that allows him to shape-shift into different animals. He's based on The Rock's grandfather Peter Maivia, who was a Samoan-American professional wrestler and actor just like his grandson Dwayne.
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) and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.
In the Disney film Moana, the relationship between Moana and Maui is not romantic because Moana is a sixteen year old girl and Maui is thousands of years old. This is a step up from prior Disney movies.
The story of the demigod Maui stretches across the Pacific and is estimated to be over 1000 years old. Always on a quest to empower mankind, Maui has become an endearing icon to the people of Polynesia.
And Taranga embraced him and welcomed him. And Maui's father, whose name was Makea-tu-tara welcomed him and took him to cleanse him from all impurities and perform the sacred rituals over him, so that the gods would keep Maui safe. So Maui discovered where his mother and his father lived.
Johnson's mother is Samoan, while his father is of Black Nova Scotian heritage, making him a descendant of the African-Americans who left the United States along with the British after the end of the American Revolution, having chosen to side with those who would give them their freedom.
For five years, Disney consulted scores of people on research trips throughout the South Pacific, specialists in fishing techniques and tattoos, ancient navigation and traditional dance. These experts formed the film's Oceanic Story Trust, and it was members of this group who pushed the filmmakers for a bigger Maui.
Something I noticed and that my friend pointed out is that Moana's father almost sounded Australian. The reason for this is because Moana is based on all of Polynesia, which includes Maori culture in New Zealand.
If you're looking for a quick answer before diving into the analysis: no, Maui is not Moana's biological father in the film. But their bond and character development does have paternal themes.
Te Kā bears similarities to the religious Hawaiian figure Pele, the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes. Te Fiti's story role and the "Te Po" name initially given to Te Kā resemble "Hine-nui-te-pō", the Goddess of the Night that was central to Maui's failed quest for immortality in Maori mythology.
Among the iwi of New Zealand, Hina is usually considered to be either the elder sister or the wife of Māui. The most common story that presents Hina as the wife of Māui tells of Te Tunaroa, the father of all eels, who one day visited the pool where Hina bathed.
Meaning:Trickster god. Maui is a boy's name of Hawaiian and Maori origin. This name belongs to a trickster god in Polynesian mythology, and was also given to one of the Hawaiian islands. The 2016 Disney film Moana brought the name Maui into popular culture with Dwayne Johnson's playful portrayal of the god.
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Set to premiere on Disney+ in 2024, Moana's sequel series should bring back many of the main characters from the original movie and should bring in a new antagonist and potential threats to Moana and Maui's new friendship.
