She complained that her kappa (a woven fabric similar to a tapa) was unable to dry because the daylight was too short. Long ago, the sun raced across the sky leaving the days shorter, which displeased Maui's sister Hina. If only creating more land was that simple today, maybe we wouldn't have such bad traffic here on the islands (see Hawaii Living: Pests & Traffic)!Īs the islands were created time passed and what seemed to be an eternity for mortal men, was only a fraction of a moment for the demigod Maui. Maui reportedly repeated this same trick several times in a row, ultimately resulting in the creation of the Hawaiian Islands. The brothers were instructed to paddle as hard as they can and not look back. He told his brothers to paddle away from the area in order for the fish to follow and as they did, an island was raised out of the sea. He sank the fish-hook to the bottom of the sea and said that he was on the verge of catching a very big fish as the fishing pole and line tightened when he twitched and pulled it.
With the famous fish-hook known as Manaiakalani, Maui tricked his brothers into hauling up the islands from the ocean floor through a simple trick. According to the most common legend, he actually created the islands by tricking his brothers when they went for a fishing trip. Maui is commonly known to be the creator of the Hawaiian Islands, at least as far as Hawaiian mythology is concerned.
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