Editing Māui (section)

=== The death of Māui ===
Māui's last trick led to his death and involved [[Hine-nui-te-pō]], the goddess of death and the underworld. In an attempt to make mankind [[Immortality|immortal]] by reversing the natural birth process, he transformed into a worm and entered Hine-nui-te-pō's [[vagina]], intending to leave through her mouth while she slept.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mercer |first=Erin |chapter=The Gothic in Oceania |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=Anna |title=New Directions in Children's Gothic: Debatable Lands |date=27 March 2017 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-1-315-69587-7 |edition=1 |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315695877 |page=123 |doi=10.4324/9781315695877 |quotation=In the original myth, when Māui attempted to reverse the natural birth process by entering Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina and exiting via her mouth he was crushed to death between the obsidian teeth of Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina{{nbsp}}...}}</ref> However, she was awoken by {{lang|mi|pīwakawaka}} ([[New Zealand fantail|fantails]]) who had burst into laughter at the sight of Māui entering her vagina.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Lewis |title=Indigenous Intergenerational Resilience: Confronting Cultural and Ecological Crisis |date=4 November 2021 |publisher=Routledge |page=20 |isbn=978-1-000-47233-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HehEEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Angered, Hine-nui-te-pō crushed Māui to death with the [[obsidian]] [[Vagina dentata|teeth in her vagina]]. The story now serves as a [[cautionary tale]] against [[rape]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Streiff |first1=Madeline |last2=Dundes |first2=Lauren |title=From Shapeshifter to Lava Monster: Gender Stereotypes in Disney's Moana |journal=Social Sciences |date=September 2017 |volume=6 |issue=3 |page=91 |doi=10.3390/socsci6030091 |doi-access=free |language=en |issn=2076-0760 |quotation=Disney's story is a twist on traditional lore in which Maui shapeshifts into a worm and then enters the toothed vagina of Hine-nui-te-pō. Maui's invasion prompts her to crush him with obsidian teeth lining her vagina, an object lesson discouraging rape.}}</ref>