89-Maui: The Mauiest Maui

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Maui. Trickster. Demigod. Sometimes-fish. Abandoned at birth but in the possession of great power, the story of Maui is the story of an underdog that came to help the human race in immeasurable ways: giving them fire, pulling up islands, making the day longer, killing monsters to give coconuts, and convincing the sun to give us some more time in the day...by beating him mercilessly with a fishhook. The creature is a square hedgehog. It's yellow, and makes a terrible pet, because not only does it like to get your horses sick, but it's not remotely housebroken and enjoys urinating basically everywhere. Sponsors: Check out War Dragons! My team is "TheVolsungs" and it seems like everyone on it is better than me. I'm not actually leader of my own team. Anyway, go to http://wardragons.com/legends from your phone or tablet device to check it out for free! Loot Crate: November's theme is Unite 2.0. Sign up today to get awesome, exclusive loot to your house every month. You can go to http://www.lootcrate.com/legends to get $3 off your new subscription. Music: "Am Trans" "Cake" "Ice Pack" "Rubber Robot" "So it Goes" "Spring Comes Early" "Surface Tension 1" "Swing Lo" "The Confrontation" all by Podington Bear

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, it's a few stories of Maui, from Maori folklore.
0:05.9	You'll see that if they're just aren't enough hours in the day, there's this solution.
0:10.0	But it takes borrowing your grandma's jawbone and a stomach for torture.
0:15.3	The good news about the creature this week, you learn some new recipes and expand your
0:19.0	cooking skills.
0:20.4	The bad news?
0:21.4	Well, you'll need to throw out pretty much your entire kitchen afterwards.
0:30.1	This is Myths and Legends, episode 89.
0:33.3	The Mauiest Maui.
0:39.6	This is the first time we've touched on the Myths and Legends of the Pacific Islanders.
0:44.1	Since Mawana came out, the Myths of Maui have been the second most requested stories
0:48.0	from this podcast, right behind La Yorona.
0:50.8	Before diving in today, on so many stories for this podcast, there isn't one version,
0:55.9	but a bunch of different versions that contradict or compliment each other to various degrees.
1:00.7	That is the case with Maui times 1000.
1:03.9	Similar stories exist in different cultures from around the Pacific, with Maui last
1:07.7	when the sun, playing up islands, etc.
1:10.0	But what happens in those stories is very different.
1:12.5	For this group of episodes, I'm going with the Maui version, not that it's any more or
1:16.4	less central or authoritative, but it appears to be the most widely documented.
1:20.7	The Maui, of course, are the people of Polynesian descent from New Zealand.
1:27.2	In addition to the Maui versions, there are Maui stories from Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, a
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