He crept past the attendants on hands and feet, found the place of life, stole some of … taunting to harass or aggravate Stop taunting your sister! Thinking about stealing fire was easy, but it finally proved a bit more complicated. and Grimwood, Tracie. The latter discovered the secret of fire, and taught people the art of cooking food: he made fire dwell in certain kinds of wood.

Hawaii's source for local Maui News, Events, Breaking News, Real Estate, and Community Information. Many ages ago when the world was still young, Raven and White Sea-gull lived near together in Canada, far in the north country on the shores of the Great Water in the west. How Maui Stole Fire From the Gods VOCABULARY GOAL! Prometheus steals the Fire. Maui had two sons: the eldest, Maui-Atalanga, and the younger Maui-Kisikisi. MLA Citation. In Hawaiian religion, Māui is a culture hero and ancient chief who appears in several different genealogies. Out of insecurity. Maui Motu'a did not see his grandson because he was blind. Maui-Motu'a bears the earth on his shoulders, and when he nods in sleep it causes earthquakes, therefore the people have to stamp on the ground to waken him. Maui decided to punish the bird. Māui-a-kalana's wife is named Hinakealohaila, and his son is named Nanamaoa. Consequently, leaving the mud hen with a red bald head. South Melbourne, Vic : Pearson Education. Keane, Sarah. Maui Kisikisi quietly crept to where his grandfather was working by the fire and stole some of the peelings that Maui Motua was scraping from one of the yams. ... Then Raven stole Sea-gull's large strong carriage, for Sea-gull was asleep, and it did very well, and they started on their journey, taking turns pushing the carriage along with a pole over the flat plain. Maui sought the home of Hine-nui-te-po-the guardian of life. Stealing Fire To steal fire from his ancestress, Mahuika, Maui slipped out in the night and extinguished all the cooking fires. How Maui stole fire from the gods : a myth from the Pacific Islands / Sarah Keane ; illustrated by Tracie Grimwood Pearson Education South Melbourne, Vic 2004. The Prairie Chicken, who can sit still and unnoticed for many days and weeks on her eggs, volunteers to sit on the last remaining flames to keep them alive until the rains stop and this she successfully does. They were very good friends and they always worked in harmony and they had much food and many servants in common. Once again, he firmly held the hen’s neck and rubbed its head with a flaming kiawe stick. Australian/Harvard Citation the spark of mahuika The expression ‘the spark of Mahuika’ (te kora o Mahuika) refers to fire, which Maui stole from Mahuika; his story is told on the opposite page.