Maui as a Great Navigator Hero and Priest of Ta'aroa and Descendant of Haumea

Maui as a Great Navigator Hero and Priest of Ta'aroa and Descendant of Haumea

Introduction

Maui is one of the great heroes of Polynesian oral literature. The stories of his exploits are found in virtually all Polynesian islands, with little variation. Maui is generally considered a "demigod" (atua) to other places; it is considered an "ancestor". This paper focuses on the study of Maui mythology as a great navigator hero and priest and descendant of Haumea.

Discussion

The Secret of Taranga

Taranga behaved in a very strange manner, left the house at dawn and did not reappear before sunset. Things continued in this way even after the arrival of Maui, so that the small church to the brothers where they lived with their father and their mother, and they said - I do not know. How can we tell if they live on the earth or under the earth or away from us? Then Maui said: It does not matter, I find them myself.

During the night, the little Maui broke away from Taranga and hid his clothes, then Atturo every crevice of the window and the door, so that the light of dawn was not to wake his mother. Taranga awoke very late, and as soon as he realized what had happened, ran out of the house, covering only an old coat of linen because he could not find his clothes. The small Maui spied her, and saw that it uprooted from the ground a tuft of rushes; he threw himself into the hole thus formed, and then remitted to place the clump as if it was the cover of the hole.

Maui then awoke the brothers and told them that he found the place where Taranga went every day. Maui then put on his apron and belt that had stolen from Taranga, and flew away, diving into the hole under the clump of reeds. Flying through the dark caverns of the underworld, Maui came to a grove of trees manapau, and climbed on top of one of them. Under the tree had gathered a group of men, including Maui distinguished Taranga sitting next to her husband Makeatutara. Then began to remove the berries from the tree and threw them to the head of the parents. When people saw him, they began to throw stones at him, and when Maui fell to the ground, Taranga realized that it was one of his sons, and set him at all with his name Maui-tiki-tiki-a- Taranga.

Then Makeatutara recognized him as his son, took him to the water's edge and made a ceremony to purify and sanctify it. But the father jumped for the rush of the prayers and sacred washings, so he realized that one day the gods would not fail to punish this offense by his son. After that, he returned from Maui brothers to tell them that he had found his parents and to explain where they lived.

Maui Takes To Tie the Sun

One day Maui ...