Talk:Maui (Moana)

Māui link is inconsistent
can we make the link to Māui consistent? You added that he is based on Māui (Māori mythology) which is inconsistent with the link in the lede that says he is based on Māui (Hawaiian mythology). Fieryninja (talk) 10:54, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't see that link in the lede. The problem is that a lot of Polynesian island groups have their own variation on the Māui myth - I added the Māori mythology link because it was New Zealand that was being referred to in that section, and some of the details of the character match more closely with the Māori myth. I see that the "Development" section says "Samoa, Tahiti, Mo'orea, and Fiji", without referring to either Hawaii or New Zealand. Dwayne Johnson would understandably have used his Samoan heritage as a model for the character, and Maui's tattoo's are definitely Samoan... but unfortunately in Samoa, Māui is called Tiʻitiʻi. All a bit confusing. Grutness... wha?   11:09, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * In that case I think both links should simply point to Māui as anything else more specific is WP:OR, particularly as none of the current sources in the article actually say that Disney based it on one particular variation. Fieryninja (talk) 12:38, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I haven't found a source which states what Disney's intention was in terms of basing the character on one particular variation of Māui, so that seems reasonable.Grutness... wha?   13:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)