The heart would remain lost for decades, while Maui's fishhook eventually fell into the possessions of his arch-rival, the giant crab Tamatoa. The two battled, but Maui was defeated, losing both the heart of Te Fiti and his magical fish hook in the aftermath.
The removal of the heart also gave birth to the wrathful lava demon Te Kā, who confronted Maui before he could escape. Unfortunately, once the heart was removed from its resting spot, darkness slowly began consuming the world. As the gem has the power to create life, Maui believed it would make the perfect gift to mortals all across the world as he intends to give to them. On one fateful day, Maui stole the heart of Te Fiti, the mother island. Despite his demigod status and proper upbringing by the gods, Maui's tragic origins would forever scar him as he despised his human parents for trying to kill him to satisfy their selfishness.īecause of his insecurities over his origins, Maui wasn't able to put side his need to satisfy mankind. As a result, Maui became one of the most acclaimed figures of Oceania history. For the next centuries, Maui used his powers to benefit mankind in any way they pleased as a means to earn the love and validation he was denied by his parents he pulled islands from the sea to provide them with homes, extended their days by pulling back the sun, and stole fire from the bottom of the earth to provide them with warmth on cold nights, among many feats. Fortunately, he was saved by the gods, who raised and named him Maui while granting him supernatural abilities, immortality, and a giant, magical fish hook that allows him to shape-shift. Disgusted and apparently wanting nothing to do with their son, the child was thrown into the sea as an infant and left for dead.
He started off as an unnamed child born to human parents centuries before the events of the film. His origins, the loss of his fishhook, Mini Maui's nagging, failure, Moana (formerly) Talking about his legends, praise, fruits, validation, chicken, taunting his foes, tricks, showboating Large, excessively muscular, dark complexion, tattoos imprinted throughout his skin, small nose, curly black hair, small dark brown eyes, necklace, banana leaf skirt Prideful, gusty, gregarious, vibrant, selfish at times, adventurous, insecure, daring, heroic, comedic, snarky Māui, a God in Maori and Hawaiian mythology