Māui-taha
Māori · mortal · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
First of the four elder mortal brothers of Maui, sons of Taranga. Named in the brothers-roll Taranga recites and in Maui exploits (fishing up the land, snaring the sun).
Parentage
- mother: TarangaSon of Taranga.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
Domains
- ancestral lineage
Relations
- mother: TarangaSon of Taranga.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
- sibling: Māui-tikitiki-a-TarangaElder mortal brother of the trickster Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
- sibling: Māui-rotoFull brother among the four elder Maui brothers.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
- sibling: Māui-paeFull brother among the four elder Maui brothers.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
- sibling: Māui-wahoFull brother among the four elder Maui brothers.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Maui cycle (secondary)
Sources
- existence: George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), The Legends of Maui (secondary); Tregear, The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), s.v. Maui (secondary)