Maui: Creator of Islands

In episode 199 of Fireside to coincide with Kevin's travels around New Zealand, we meet the great hero of Polynesian Mythology - Maui, demi-god and creator of islands. We learn of Maui's premature birth, how he found his way home, his development into the trickster god, how he got his magical fish hook, and most of all...how he became the creator of islands. In episode 198 of Fireside, We learn of the ancestral burial site of the Castillon family - a graveyard long submerged beneath the sea, and of a mysterious custom that ferries the souls of the dead, to the grave beneath the wave... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Update Description Source: https://www.amazon.com/LEGENDS-MAUI-Polynesian-Legends-Pacific-ebook/dp/B079QJ4K8X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=186IPZNSNKFQ5&keywords=maui+myths&qid=1670412441&sprefix=maui+myth%2Caps%2C352&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices