Māui
c. 1300 CE – 2026 CEattested
across Polynesia
- Polynesian
Trickster demigod who fished up islands, snared the sun to slow it down, stole fire from the underworld and died trying to win immortality by crawling through the goddess of death.
Known for
- fished up islands
- snared the sun
- died seeking immortality
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.