Māui (Polynesian deity) (Personal Name)

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Welcher, Dan. Haleakalā, 1994: title page (how Maui snared the sun)

Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina, 1910.

Māui the demigod, 1989.

Māui and the secret of fire, 1991.

Wikipedia, October 21, 2022: Māui (mythology) (Māui (Maui) is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar. Tales of Māui's exploits and adventures are told throughout most of Polynesia) Māui (Hawaiian mythology) (In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies)

Encyclopedia of myths, via WWW, October 21, 2022 (Maui. In Polynesian mythology, Maui was a powerful trickster god best known for creating the Pacific islands. A son of the god Tangaroa and a woman, he performed many deeds to improve the lives of humans, such as making the sky higher and the day longer. Endowed with magical powers, this small but exceedingly strong god and culture hero tried but did not succeed in achieving immortality) http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Le-Me/Maui.html

Maui--demigod of Polynesia, via WWW, October 21, 2022 (the demigod Maui; there are three regions for the legends and myths of Maui that stretch across the vast Pacific ocean within the Polynesian triangle. They are Hawaiʼi in the north, New Zealand in the south, the central regions of the Tahitian group of islands, the islands of Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, the Society Islands group and the Hervey islands; old in mostly the same way with little variation in names, these stories show how the Polynesians settled over 70 million square miles of Pacific ocean) https://www.tourmaui.com/blog/maui-demigod/