A thousand years before Moana takes place, Maui visited the mother island to steal the heart as a gift to humanity. However, the heart (and his hook) are lost to the ocean after his escape landed him in a fight with the lava demon, Te Ka.
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The mischievous demigod Maui, who—like others—sought ownership of the heart for his own purposes, infiltrated the island and stole the heart of Te Fiti.
While trying to escape with the Heart, Maui was attacked by Te Ka, a demon of earth and fire. In their struggle, the Heart was lost to the sea. Fearing Te Ka's violent wrath, the Villagers of Motunui stopped voyaging, a defeated Maui disappeared, and the Ocean guarded the Heart of Te Fiti.
During their journey, Maui tells Moana about his past. He says that he was abandoned by his parents and adopted by the gods. When Moana and Maui find Te Ka, a spirit risen due to the stealing of the heart of Te Fiti, they fail to get past her and Maui's hook is badly damaged. Upset and let down, Maui leaves Moana.
Maui is said to have created Hawaii's islands by tricking his brothers. He convinced them to take him out fishing, but caught his hook on the ocean floor. He told his brothers that he had caught a big fish and told them to paddle as hard as they could.
Moana is the daughter of a tribal chief on a remote island. Her village never ventures beyond the reef because of the inherent danger of the ocean. However, the island is dying, and the only solution requires venturing across the sea.