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What I am going to add to the Current Maui Page:

-Samoan Version of Maui:

In Samoan Mythology, Maui or Tiʻi Tiʻi, had been another fire giver to his people. This myth is very similar to those of New Zealand beliefs. Being the curious and kolohe demigod that he is, Tiʻi Tiʻi concealed himself closely to a wall that allows his father, Talanga, to get to work in the underworld. The underworld is home to Mafui‘e, the earthquake god. His home is located on eternal fire. When Tiʻi Tiʻi gets the chance, he goes up to the wall and imitates the voice of his father and says the words “O rock! Divide, I am Talanga, I come to work on my land given by Mafui‘e”. As Tiʻi Tiʻi passes through to the underworld, his father is surprised and tells his son to help quietly so he doesnʻt anger Mafui‘e. While working, Tiʻi Tiʻi notices smoke and asks his father what that is and where it is coming from. Talanga explains that the smoke is from Mafuie‘s fire. Tiʻi Tiʻi, then goes to see the god and when he discovers him, he asks for fire. Mafui‘e gives him a little bit of the fire and then quickly builds a stone oven, or imu, to put the fire in and then proceeds to put the fire in. His idea was to use the fire to cook the taro, or kalo, that they had been harvesting. About to put the taro in, the god comes and blows the fire up scattering the rocks and this angers Tiʻi Tiʻi. As he goes to talk to the god, Mafui‘e is determined to punish Tiʻi Tiʻi severely for daring to rebel against the power of fire. The underworld was a battlefield for a great duel which ultimately ended with Tiʻi Tiʻi triumphant. The young demigod had broken off Mafui‘e’s right arm and caught the left arm right after. Scared that Tiʻi Tiʻi was going to break off that arm, Mafui‘e pleads to him that he should spare the left arm so he can still fulfill his duty of keeping Samoa flat with earthquakes. Tiʻi Tiʻi agrees and the god first offers him one-hundred wives should he spare his left arm. The hero declines and then the god offers the secrets of fire that he can take to the upper world. Tiʻi Tiʻi accepts this offers and learns that the gods had hidden eternal fire in trees. If you were to take two sticks from trees and rub them together, you should get fire!

Westervelt, W. D. (n.d.). V. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/maui/maui08.htm

-Other versions of fishing story

In other versions of the Hawaiian fisherman story, Maui is said to be a bad fisherman. His brothers would mock him for not catching any fish and he would retaliate with mischievous tricks against them. Maui and all his brothers were sons to a godly father and mother but only Maui was granted with miraculous powers which is why Maui was able to posses this magical hook made from the bones of his godlike ancestors. One day his brothers wouldn’t let Maui go fishing with them on the canoe, or waʻa, and this had irritated Maui. Upon the completion of that trip, Maui told his brothers had he went with them, they would have caught better fish rather than a single shark. His brothers then take him out the next go around and the brother plead asking where all the “good” fish are. Maui then throws in his magical hook baited with Alae birds, sacred to his mother Hina. The ocean floor begins to move and generate huge waves when Maui asks his brothers to paddle fast for the oncoming fish. They paddled with great power and were getting tired but Maui tells them not to look back because if they did the fish would run away. One of the brothers disobeyed and the fishing line snapped revealing new islands. Had nobody looked back, we could have more islands!

Westervelt, W. D. (n.d.). II. Retrieved April 10, 2019, from http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/maui/maui05.htm

Westervelt, W.D. (2010). Legends of Ma-ui: A demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina. Honolulu, HI: The Hawaiian Gazette Co.