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Sail beside Oceanian heroes who navigated stars and seas to build their world. Their epic journeys teach courage, unity, and reverence for ancestral spirits.

Hina, the Polynesian moon goddess, rising toward the moon in radiant light, wearing traditional attire and symbolizing immortality and renewal.

Hina – The Moon Goddess and Seeker of Eternal Light

by Gloria Taiwo

November 14, 2025

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In the beginning, when the islands were young and the ocean still sang the names of the gods, there lived Hina, the woman of radiant spirit, daughter of divine lineage, and sister to Māui the trickster. She was born of heavenly parents, her eyes gleaming with the soft silver of dawn and her hair flowing like the first darkness after

Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga, the Māori demi-god, heroically seizing the sun with enchanted ropes, divine light illuminating his traditional Polynesian attire and tattoos.

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Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga: He Who Bent the World Toward Light

In the age before ages, when the sky leaned too close to the trembling earth and the oceans murmured secrets in tongues only the gods could hear, a child named Maui was cast upon the waves. He was wrapped in the sacred topknot of his mother, Taranga, who, fearing for