Maui is a sort of roguish Demigod in Polynesian belief. On the one hand, he helped the Gods to raise the vault of heaven
& to order the courses the stars within; on the other hand he caught the sun in his
net & stole fire in order to give it to mortals. He invented the fish trap & cat's
cradle, made days longer, & once fished
an island up from the ocean floor--which is hard to do. Hina (the lady of the moon)
is either his mother or his wife; they've
been seen together but humans don't
know the exact nature of their relationship.