Editing Māui (section)

=== Māui slows the sun ===
In former days, the sun used to travel quickly across the sky, leaving not enough daylight time for working and eating. Māui proposed to catch the sun and slow it down. Armed with Murirangawhenua's magic jawbone and a large amount of rope, Māui and his brothers journeyed to the east and found the pit where the sun-god [[Tama-nui-te-rā]] slept during the night-time. There they tied the ropes into a noose around the pit and built a wall of clay to shelter behind. Tama-nui-te-rā was caught in the noose and Māui struck him with the jawbone until he surrendered and agreed to travel slowly across the sky.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.mataurangamaori.tki.org.nz/Support-materials/Te-Reo-Maori/Maori-Myths-Legends-and-Contemporary-Stories/How-Maui-slowed-the-sun|title=How Māui slowed the sun|first=Wiremu|last=Grace|date=2016|website=Te Kete Ipurangi|publisher=Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga|access-date=19 January 2019}}</ref>