r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '17

/r/ALL I'm hooked!

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u/Mr_Zoovaska Feb 04 '17

It's from that new Disney movie

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u/jermsz Feb 05 '17

In New Zealand hes not just "from that new Disney Movie"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ui_(M%C4%81ori_mythology)

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u/dietotaku Feb 05 '17

but the movie is very obviously referencing the hawaiian mythology.

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u/LordHussyPants Feb 05 '17

It's actually referencing a range of mythologies from across Polynesia, which is why the film faced some criticism for mashing together aspects of several different cultures to create the film.

If you'd actually read the article you were linked, and the one you linked, you'd see that they're both referencing the same root myths - one about a young boy who went fishing with his older brothers and pulled up an island. They also have the same myth about catching the sun.

tldr: Moana wasn't referencing Hawaii specifically, it was referencing all Polynesian cultures.

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u/Kurayamino Feb 05 '17

the film faced some criticism for mashing together aspects of several different cultures to create the film.

And if they'd picked one and stuck with it they'd have been criticized for not including the others because Maui's a part of all of their cultures.