What is the myth of Maui capturing the sun?

Maui told of his mother's sadness, and then threatened to cut off all the sun's legs unless he promised to move more slowly across the sky. The sun made a heavenly promise to Maui, and was then set free. So, now you know the legend of how Maui captured the sun and forced him to travel more slowly across the sky.



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Maui became brave, and promised his mother he would capture the sun, and bargain with the sun to slow down and make the days longer. To do this, he needed a strong rope and lasso, which is mother and grandmother provided for him.

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Before the sun could notice him, Maui lassoed and trapped the sun's first leg with his rope. The sun was powerful and angry, and pulled hard to snap the rope - but the rope held strong. Maui then trapped the sun's second leg, then the third - and before long, all sixteen legs of the sun were tied up by Maui's rope.

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He was born premature and cast into the ocean by his mother, where the waves formed him into a living baby. He was discovered by his grandfather and later went to live with his siblings. One day he followed his mother to the underworld where he met his father, Makeatutara, who baptised Maui incorrectly.

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Apparently wanting nothing to do with their son, Maui's parents threw him into the sea as an infant, and left him for dead. He was saved by the gods, who raised Maui, granting supernatural abilities, immortality, and a magical fish hook that allows him to shapeshift.

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After a great struggle, Maui was able to push the sky beyond the mountains, lifting the edges over the wide expanse of the ocean, where it remains to this day. His effort gave room for all creatures, plants, trees and man to grow and walk tall among nature.

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Maui is a shared deity throughout Polynesia. His mischievous deeds were often to the benefit of mankind. From creating fire to raising the sky to snare the sun, Maui was a hero whose legacy spanned well over 1000 years while these stories traveled over 4000 miles across the Pacific ocean.

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Te Fiti does not exist in Polynesian mythology, but there is a goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes called Pele. The spiral on Te Fiti's heart, Moana's necklace, and on the sail of her boat is called a koru. Te Fiti slightly resembles the Spring Sprite from the Firebird Suite segment in Fantasia 2000.

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