the god of fire (Chapter V)

Family: the Hervey Islands legends · Role: god of fire · First appears: Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4

In Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4, in the Hervey Islands legend, the god of fire agreed to give Maui fire if Maui let him toss him into the sky. Maui agreed on condition that he could toss the god afterward. When Maui tossed him repeatedly, catching him as he fell, the bruised and dizzy god yielded and promised him whatever he demanded.

Maui asked for the secret of making fire, and the god taught him to rub dry sticks together to produce it, especially fire sticks in fine banyan-tree dust.

Relationship record

Life events

• In the Hervey Islands legend, the god of fire offered Maui fire in exchange for being tossed into the sky.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4)
  • With: Maui
  • “The fire god agreed to give Maui fire if he would permit himself to be tossed into the sky by the god's strong arms.”
• In the Hervey Islands legend, Maui agreed to the tossing contest on condition that he could toss the god afterward.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui agreed on condition that he should have the right to toss the fire god afterwards.”
• In the Hervey Islands legend, Maui tossed the fire god repeatedly until the god yielded and promised him whatever he demanded.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4)
  • With: Maui
  • “Suddenly he tossed the god upward and caught him as he fell--again and again--until the bruised and dizzy god cried enough, and agreed to give the victor whatever he demanded.”
• In the Hervey Islands legend, the god taught Maui how to make fire by rubbing sticks together.(Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4)
  • With: Maui
  • “Maui asked for the secret of fire producing. The god taught him how to rub the dry sticks of certain kinds of trees together, and, by friction, produce fire”

Chapter V · Maui Finding Fire · Part 4

• rivals with Maui “The fire-god felt certain that there would be only one exercise of strength--he felt that he had everything in his own hands--so readily agreed to the tossing contest.”
• enemies with Maui “He seized Maui in his strong arms and, swinging him back and forth, flung him upward--but the moment Maui left his hands he changed himself into a feather and floated softly to the ground.”
• pupil: Maui “The god taught him how to rub the dry sticks of certain kinds of trees together, and, by friction, produce fire, and especially how fire could be produced by rubbing fire sticks in the fine dust of the banyan tree.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.