ID: 901002580 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002580	Record Type: Character/Person

	Māui (Pacific Islander demigod)

Note: In Pacific Islander mythology, an ancestor or demigod in several Pacific cultures, including New Zealand, Hawai‘i, Tahiti, and Tonga; usually characterized as a trickster.

Names:

	Māui (Pacific Islander demigod) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
		........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
		............Māui (Pacific Islander demigod) (I)

Other Relationships:

	.... Maori (culture or style)
	.....(New Zealand, Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... demigod
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... trickster
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Māui (Pacific Islander demigod)
	................Te Papa online (2000-) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/3196

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Te Papa online (2000-) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/3196
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)