How did Maui live when he was human?
In the movie "Moana", Maui claims to have done many things:
- He lassoed the sun
- Pulled the islands from the sea
- Stole fire from "down below"
- Etc.
Later in the film, it explains that he too was once a human, before his parents discarded him as a baby and he became a demigod. But if he was a human before he became a demigod, how did he live without the islands, fire, or the sun?
Is he just exaggerating his feats, or is it a flaw the writers overlooked?
Best Answer
Maui wants to be praised by the human, and be known as a hero, which is why he does all these feats in the first place. So it's not unlikely that he is exaggerating to some degree.
But even if it's all true, that doesn't mean humans couldn't exist before. He lassoed the sun to stretch the day, there was still a sun and days before that. And even if he raised islands, doesn't mean he raised every island, so there could be islands before.
Maui is also based on real Polynesian myths (see M?ui (mythology) on wikipedia). Most, if not all, of his feats are taken from these myth, so if you want to know more about his origin and what he's done, you can read more about it.
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What did Maui do for humans?
\u2026of a culture hero is Maui in Polynesia, who brought islands to the surface from the bottom of the sea, captured and harnessed the sun, lifted the sky to allow human beings more room, and, like Prometheus, gave them fire.What happened to Maui when he was born?
He was a miraculous birth \u2013 his mother threw her premature infant into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) \u2013 hence M\u0101ui's full name is M\u0101ui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. Ocean spirits found and wrapped the child in seaweed and jellyfish.How did Maui get his powers?
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.Moana Theory: Who Were Maui's Parents? | Discovering Disney
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Answer 2
I'm under the impression that humans lived in the realm of monsters (Lalotai) until Maui created the above-world for the humans.
Then, seeing how cool it was, some of the gods -like Te Fiti- moved in.
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