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How true is the story of Moana to Hawaiian mythology?

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Moana—pronounced “moh-AH-nah,” not “MWAH-nah” means “ocean”—and the character is chosen by the sea itself to return the stolen heart of Te Fiti, who turns out to be an island deity (Tahiti, in its various linguistic forms, including Tafiti, is a pan-Polynesian word for any faraway place). read more

Moana isn’t a Hawaiian story but an amalgam of Polynesian legends. The languages of Polynesia are similar and many of the words are, in fact, the same, so people assume the story must be Hawaiian, but it isn’t. read more