The Messed Up Origins of Maui | Disney Explained - Jon Solo

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  • @EasilyBoredGamer
    @EasilyBoredGamer Před 4 lety +3565

    I don't think Maui's appearance ever struck me as "Fat." He looks like the people i went to school with who did power lifting.

    • @JonSolo
      @JonSolo  Před 4 lety +673

      totally agree. I never thought that either but it was a pretty tense topic when the movie was first being teased. being that Polynesian peeps are more tuned in to that kind of portrayal i’m not surprised they were more sensitive to it. I believe after the movie came out the heat died down

    • @lizzalkula376
      @lizzalkula376 Před 4 lety +194

      I always thought "footballer/athletic" by his physique.
      Or even the types of males that compete in highland(er?) games in Scotland.
      Big, muscular, strong and powerful.

    • @aprettygothichick
      @aprettygothichick Před 4 lety +189

      I always thought they partly modeled him after The Rock since he was voiced by him. Definitely an exaggerated version of him but still inspired by his physique.

    • @10RexTheWolf01
      @10RexTheWolf01 Před 4 lety +60

      Yeah. There are workouts that are for targeting and isolating muscles but Maui and powerlifters seem to just use everything all at once. Their workout is just straight body without isolating anything.

    • @pixiestxNyomouf
      @pixiestxNyomouf Před 4 lety +49

      We called that stoic or husky...*far* from fat

  • @sirensmelody5527
    @sirensmelody5527 Před 4 lety +782

    Mom: "I can't dry my laundry"
    Maui: "say no more"
    🤜💥🌞

  • @user-gt6kn8xm3t
    @user-gt6kn8xm3t Před 3 lety +377

    The Death of Maui really does take “I brought you into this world, I can take you back out” to a whole other level.

    • @theobserver2468
      @theobserver2468 Před 3 lety +5

      It was funny as hell

    • @kittysoftpaws3677
      @kittysoftpaws3677 Před 2 lety +5

      I don't think mothers realize that they don't own their children and in nature a lot of animals actually kill and eat their parents

    • @lazarus8018
      @lazarus8018 Před 2 lety +3

      ​@@kittysoftpaws3677 It also happens in reverse (Pigs and rabbits excel at this). That said, you have a point and this behavior is definitely concerning.

    • @thegreatguldo9956
      @thegreatguldo9956 Před rokem

      Death by vagina.....I feel we should keep zeus away from this goddess

    • @jayvonnoelsmith8445
      @jayvonnoelsmith8445 Před 11 měsíci +1

      ​@@theobserver2468yap

  • @soyyeolsaucey
    @soyyeolsaucey Před 3 lety +605

    As a māori, learning these stories since birth, I can confidently say that this guy was accurate 👏

    • @stopplz7486
      @stopplz7486 Před 3 lety +31

      the pronounciation tho..

    • @99stu
      @99stu Před 3 lety +2

      @@stopplz7486 haha

    • @BingeThinker1814
      @BingeThinker1814 Před 3 lety +20

      @@stopplz7486 Seriously. If you're putting this much effort into research and production, finding someone to check the correct way to say the names really wouldn't have been that hard. Even Tonga got pronounced Ton-ga instead of Tong-a. "And those are just the names I can pronounce" immediately afterwards ☠

    • @MrLegendseeka
      @MrLegendseeka Před 3 lety +5

      None of this is accurate though

    • @exploringwithmiro342
      @exploringwithmiro342 Před 3 lety +6

      I'm glad to see he's done his research but he hasn't learnt how to pronounce māori

  • @flamingtorrent2109
    @flamingtorrent2109 Před 4 lety +882

    “Up her va-hmmmm. Her baby canon. Her front entrance, if you will” had me cackling

  • @deaconemmerson8408
    @deaconemmerson8408 Před 4 lety +949

    As someone from New Zealand I feel that videos like this are important as Polynesian mythology isn't given enough attention being over shadowed by Greek, and Norse mythologies. Makes me smile seeing stuff like this

    • @JonSolo
      @JonSolo  Před 3 lety +94

      thanks for saying that! Glad I could put a smile on your face :)

    • @jaydindavies9571
      @jaydindavies9571 Před 3 lety +14

      I agree bro what part of nz you from 🤙🏼

    • @SpartanGoaticus
      @SpartanGoaticus Před 3 lety +8

      Idk about him but I’m from the north island and can completely agree

    • @formerunsecretarygeneralba9536
      @formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 Před 3 lety +5

      Honestly norse mythology is only popular because of thor in the MCU and greek mythology is only popular because the god of war.

    • @fallenangel_899
      @fallenangel_899 Před 3 lety +20

      @@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 Dont think that is the main reason why its popular.

  • @Gruseppe
    @Gruseppe Před 3 lety +693

    I get so mad when people call maui overweight, he’s built like truck and looks like he could lift tons

    • @nikoramuriwai-ihimaera2518
      @nikoramuriwai-ihimaera2518 Před 3 lety +11

      he’s actually very scrawny because he was born prematurely

    • @shoriansudip4671
      @shoriansudip4671 Před 3 lety +30

      I never saw him as fat in the movie. I mean he's basically Hawaiian superman.

    • @Gruseppe
      @Gruseppe Před 3 lety +13

      @@shoriansudip4671 i like to see competitions about strength and tge strongest men will look like maui in body shape

    • @savagebtw3060
      @savagebtw3060 Před 3 lety +3

      He litterly hooked the sun and stopped it from moving by and u are colalling him fat

    • @robertbenitez3647
      @robertbenitez3647 Před 3 lety

      @@Gruseppe just cuz ur strong doesn’t mean ur not fat

  • @DeadlyElement07
    @DeadlyElement07 Před 3 lety +108

    Mama:"damn sun never let's me dry my laundry"
    Maui: Proceeds to beat the sh🤬 out of it

  • @riceracm
    @riceracm Před 4 lety +1223

    “He climbed up her fun tunnel”....I almost choked on my tea chortling at that...😂

    • @JonSolo
      @JonSolo  Před 4 lety +187

      lmao you a brit m8?

    • @riceracm
      @riceracm Před 4 lety +81

      Jon Solo Just a tea-drinking American 😋

    • @morsecodereviews1553
      @morsecodereviews1553 Před 4 lety +34

      I was chomping on a sub. Almost snortled it right out my nose. Then my fun tunnel inspection device started hurting because I remembered that movie Teeth.

    • @manjotbali8985
      @manjotbali8985 Před 4 lety +8

      You be a Brit m8

    • @stan760
      @stan760 Před 3 lety +13

      "baby cannon"

  • @everwildart3563
    @everwildart3563 Před 4 lety +637

    Why did many people said that Maui is fat and overweight? That's exactly how strong Polynesian people look like..
    People thought he's fat because they're used to see bodybuilders muscles in most movies and cartoons. Actual strong people look like that.

    • @teresahowick5197
      @teresahowick5197 Před 4 lety +53

      Exactly. Real strong people look like that. Not like the steroid freaks

    • @emmanuelvagana3607
      @emmanuelvagana3607 Před 3 lety +32

      Because Maui’s body is not portrayed as having a big torso or big shoulders. Can you not see the illustrations that is presented in the video of Maui which by the way was created by the the indigenous people who own the legends.

    • @SwitsRR
      @SwitsRR Před 3 lety +20

      It's kind of like moto moto where he was muscular but everyone said he was overweight.

    • @galenjones9529
      @galenjones9529 Před 3 lety +15

      Powerlifters and strong men tend to have really big abdominal muscles that bulge out. When a healthy level of fat goes over it, it looks like a gut. Though a fair few of powerlifters and strongmen also keep themselves in an overfed state. Which also gives them a bit more fat. It's a worthy trade off though, since being in an overfed state actually makes you stronger.

    • @Mark-xw5yt
      @Mark-xw5yt Před 3 lety +1

      Teresa Howick you can be a powerlifter taking steroids... the point is that they aren’t lean, cuz eating less to remove bodyfat and make your muscle outLines pop will make you weaker. Doesn’t have to do with steroids.

  • @RayenTheBuzzybee
    @RayenTheBuzzybee Před 3 lety +16

    Growing up in New Zealand, i learned about Maui every year in school until i was maybe 8 years old. we always read those books about him. and i remember that he wasnt nessecarily the strongest in his family but he was the smartest.

  • @kaiwilliams8886
    @kaiwilliams8886 Před 3 lety +309

    He's not overweight in the movie, he has a heavy body builder look.

    • @screamindog8772
      @screamindog8772 Před 3 lety +7

      that’s because he’s the rock

    • @marifelyrodriguez6858
      @marifelyrodriguez6858 Před 3 lety +1

      The rock

    • @dariuswilliams7509
      @dariuswilliams7509 Před 2 lety +1

      He's built like Eddie Hall or World strongest man competitors l

    • @caldw615
      @caldw615 Před 2 lety +1

      It's still inacurate since Maui in the original stories is usually more toned in appearance or shredded.

  • @altounedited3
    @altounedited3 Před 4 lety +2356

    Maui’s backstory...
    *is on his back*

  • @speechy_keen4878
    @speechy_keen4878 Před 4 lety +271

    “Baby canon” , “fun tunnel” ... interesting additions to my vernacular 😂 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @leilah808
    @leilah808 Před 3 lety +242

    As a Polynesian, it took me a while to realize that Maui’s backstory in Moana was based off of Tahitian mythology

    • @wishingtree8521
      @wishingtree8521 Před 3 lety +1

      You should do football or wrestling

    • @leilah808
      @leilah808 Před 3 lety +23

      @@wishingtree8521 im good, Im not athletic tho lol

    • @fernandositorus1384
      @fernandositorus1384 Před 3 lety +6

      Dutch Said we will go to Tahiti and Harvest Mangoes. It never happened

    • @wishingtree8521
      @wishingtree8521 Před 3 lety +3

      @@leilah808 what? But you're polynesian, that's a winning Lottery ticket you're throwing away

    • @hellodumzo
      @hellodumzo Před 3 lety +23

      @@wishingtree8521 Polynesian men are worth more than just their athletic abilities, thank you very much

  • @biddie6789
    @biddie6789 Před 3 lety +600

    Just a tip: Maori is pronounced “Mow-ri”

    • @Idanchase
      @Idanchase Před 3 lety +76

      As a person of maori decent Thank you. It is pronounced like Maui but with a R in it M-Ow-Ree.

    • @the_fallen_one7784
      @the_fallen_one7784 Před 3 lety +30

      Yes that was quite bugging to hear myself tbf soo thanks

    • @lachlanmccormick3486
      @lachlanmccormick3486 Před 3 lety +98

      Jon: May-or-ri
      Me, a Kiwi: Oh god...
      Jon: I'm going to butcher the pronunciation of everything.
      Me: Well, at least he's aware.

    • @doonbooon
      @doonbooon Před 3 lety +16

      I always saw it as Mow-di that might just be a Taranaki thing tho I’m sure other parts of New Zealand say different

    • @MANODEMMER
      @MANODEMMER Před 3 lety +8

      @@doonbooon I live near wellington, usually it's pronounced "mole-re" or "mow-ri"

  • @strangeanomaly4411
    @strangeanomaly4411 Před 4 lety +349

    "Maui transfigurated himself into a worm and crawled into the goddesses va-hmm" Jon you said things were gunna get weird, this is straight up horror movie.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před 4 lety +20

      And got chopped to bits...

    • @tatiannawilliams6733
      @tatiannawilliams6733 Před 4 lety +39

      that just sounds like a really bad low budget hentai lol

    • @lemonz0880
      @lemonz0880 Před 4 lety +7

      we read this shit as kids oi 😂😂 it be like that

    • @cheyennew6656
      @cheyennew6656 Před 4 lety +3

      Gonna*

    • @straypaper
      @straypaper Před 4 lety +17

      So everyone's just going to ignore the fact that the goddess has obsidian teeth lining up the inside of her va-hmmmm?

  • @manager-nim2623
    @manager-nim2623 Před 4 lety +870

    I never thought of Maui as fat, he doesn't look fat he looks bulky and massive from the amount of fat and muscle

  • @DirectorsChoice
    @DirectorsChoice Před 3 lety +24

    Maui was great in the film, and knowing his mythology just makes him even more fascinating. Kudos to Disney for taking the time to share Polynesian history, even if there are some areas that weren’t as true to the mythology as others

  • @lordvoldemort1561
    @lordvoldemort1561 Před 3 lety +182

    "And those are only the ones that i can pronounce."
    Honesty.

  • @addiisonlee
    @addiisonlee Před 3 lety +1512

    I used to think he look extremely buff and muscular and I never saw him as “fat”

    • @Jules.69
      @Jules.69 Před 3 lety +91

      Same I was a little confused I mean he's played by the rock

    • @Kaisolostudio
      @Kaisolostudio Před 3 lety +48

      he is super buff! he just does not have extremely low body fat... hes just an off season Mr. Olympia :)

    • @zenith2650
      @zenith2650 Před 3 lety +12

      @@Kaisolostudio let’s just say he’s like Eddie Hall

    • @thelightinthedark8344
      @thelightinthedark8344 Před 3 lety +32

      If you see Pacific Islander s they are really big but not necessarily fat

    • @Kaisolostudio
      @Kaisolostudio Před 3 lety +2

      @@zenith2650 Eddie’s the man! 😂 💪🏽

  • @natashadarko3066
    @natashadarko3066 Před 4 lety +4235

    If Jon was a lecturer, I would listen to him for DAYS. I mean imagine him reading to his future children.

  • @vajeye-nar6172
    @vajeye-nar6172 Před 3 lety +62

    The obsedian cave part. It was actually a bird that started laughing and woke the godess up and she clenched down there and chopped Maui in half. The End

    • @beegobzzz2834
      @beegobzzz2834 Před 3 lety

      omg i just posted a comment about that lmao

  • @miloinacup7465
    @miloinacup7465 Před 3 lety +7

    As a Maori New Zealander, this was handled really well. New Zealand Maui and Polynesian Maui are both very different but also very alike. Nice job!

  • @xavierfletcher7484
    @xavierfletcher7484 Před 4 lety +506

    Jon, can you do messed up origins of Egyptian and Norse deities?

    • @mildredrosemaiztegui9221
      @mildredrosemaiztegui9221 Před 4 lety +36

      I wanna see one about " Messed up origins of Loki" , and how he killed baldr

    • @pollux_the_insufferable.
      @pollux_the_insufferable. Před 4 lety +10

      y'know , every now and then , i scream like a degenerate demon crawling out of hell while its being whiped by satan , when someone mentions mythology , because i mindlessly drowned myself in the riordanverse , and cant simply stop .

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 Před 4 lety +7

      @@mildredrosemaiztegui9221 or also the myth where he gives birth to a horse.

    • @mildredrosemaiztegui9221
      @mildredrosemaiztegui9221 Před 4 lety +5

      @@despinasgarden.4100 I also like to see "Messed up origins of Thor"

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al Před 4 lety +3

      @@mildredrosemaiztegui9221 I like the story where a giant stole his hammer and would only give it back if he got to marry the goddess Freja. Freja tells Tor to fuck off when he asks for her help, and Tor has to crossdress in bride clothing and veil, pretending to be Freja, to get it back. Loki goes along and helps him to trick the giant.

  • @mdub3900
    @mdub3900 Před 4 lety +1523

    Stoked to hear my Maori people being mentioned, don't stress on the pronunciation you're putting the effort in and that's what matters!

    • @GabrielLeechannel
      @GabrielLeechannel Před 4 lety +42

      lmao may or ee

    • @jedmcintosh1625
      @jedmcintosh1625 Před 4 lety +65

      It still killed me a little each time

    • @transporterIII
      @transporterIII Před 4 lety +8

      Are Maori the original Polynesians? That's my gut feeling but I don't have a lot of evidence to support.

    • @noelrobertson4968
      @noelrobertson4968 Před 4 lety +20

      @Jed McIntosh He did say a disclaimer for incorrect pronunciation so...

    • @peachblossom13
      @peachblossom13 Před 4 lety +25

      @@transporterIII wdym original polynesians, there are different tribes everyhwere

  • @RichochetAirsoft
    @RichochetAirsoft Před 3 lety +59

    I'm from New Zeland and everytime he said Maori it hurt my soul

    • @sythe2802
      @sythe2802 Před 3 lety +1

      I couldn't handle it either

    • @dogwater1978
      @dogwater1978 Před 3 lety +2

      Same..
      *may-your-ree*
      *ma-aw-ri (roll the r )*

    • @wimokaharawira8443
      @wimokaharawira8443 Před 3 lety +5

      At least he's giving us respect while trying to tell our stories, more proud

    • @kaleslags1355
      @kaleslags1355 Před 3 lety +1

      As an Aussie who has performed the Haka in the multcultural day at school , my soul has also been hurt but hey, cool video about the Origins of Maui though

    • @poopystoopywoop8308
      @poopystoopywoop8308 Před 3 lety

      Moldy (just change the "d" to an "r" and roll the r)

  • @annabanana5350
    @annabanana5350 Před 3 lety +8

    A cool myth to the story of when Maui catched the sun that I was told when I was younger was that whenever you see sunrays during a cloudly day, they are the ropes which hold the sun. I always counted them to see whether or not there was more than seven because that was how many ropes there where in the story 😂😂

  • @KaleilehuaKaeo-Okimoto
    @KaleilehuaKaeo-Okimoto Před 4 lety +285

    Fun facts of the Hawaiian culture versions:
    Hina was his mother. Specifically Hinaiakamalama. She is the goddess of the moon and making kapa which is clothing made from the wauke bark. To make kapa, you need to soak the bark in water, pound it out with special wooden tools, and repeat this process until it is done and soft and then it needs to be dried. The days were too short for the kapa to dry out properly, so Maui caught the sun and slowed it down for his mother. This is a shortened explanation of how we explain Summer.
    Maui’s hook in Hawaiian culture is named Manaiakalani or Kamakau-nui-o-Maui. He used his hook to capture the islands with his brother. When he was on the canoe, he told his brothers that if he catches something, to keep paddling forward and to not look back for whatever reason. When his hook grabbed something, he told his brothers the same thing, but one of his brothers defied him and looked back to see a huge island on his line. Because he looked back, Maui’s line broke and his hook went flying to the sky which you can see today if you look up at the Scorpio star line. That is one of the stories of how our islands were created. Both of these versions I told are also shortened down a lot, mahalo 🙏🏽.

    • @bluehonu7464
      @bluehonu7464 Před 4 lety +4

      That's the story that I was told during school

    • @fetijajasari6624
      @fetijajasari6624 Před 4 lety +6

      Beautiful story!

    • @mplwy
      @mplwy Před 4 lety +3

      @Agent J That was a joke not a belief.

    • @caflybois
      @caflybois Před 4 lety +1

      Hūlo!

    • @jovanwint4794
      @jovanwint4794 Před 3 lety +7

      Reminds me of the Christian story of Lot's wife that looked back to Sodom after he told her not to and she turned into a pillar of salt.

  • @konekokid
    @konekokid Před 3 lety +915

    "The Hawaiian version is less violent"
    I'm like, what!? There is a Hawaiian version in which he chops off the legs of the Sun. And he beat up a mud chicken to get fire. Maui was pretty violent in ancient Hawaii.

    • @xxon3godxx584
      @xxon3godxx584 Před 3 lety +54

      My thoughts exactly he choked alae’s neck till she told the secret of fire don’t they know Hawaiian supa man braddah iz 😪😪😪😪

    • @vajeye-nar6172
      @vajeye-nar6172 Před 3 lety +15

      Compared to the Maori its pretty tame

    • @formerunsecretarygeneralba9536
      @formerunsecretarygeneralba9536 Před 3 lety +51

      To be fair, all gods in stories are violent and messed up. Zeus likes to kidnap people's daughter and rape them. There was this story where this guy told the father of the kidnapped daughter, where zeus waent with his daughter and zeus was so pissed that he sent someone to punish the guy that snitch on him.
      Even gods in Christianity and Islam is violent. No Offense if you're muslim or christian but their god literally flooded the entire earth just because some people don't believe in him.

    • @MelianLimGachaVideos
      @MelianLimGachaVideos Před 3 lety +26

      @@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536
      God (Christianity) flooded the Earth because people were all corrupted aside from Noah and his family. He tasked Noah to build an Ark (a colossal boat) to store him, his family, and the animals he collected to be safe. When the flood disperse, the landscape changed and Noah and his family are the last humans alive and he created a rainbow as a sign to never flood the Earth again. God brings plagues in Egypt because of the slaves (I cannot remember the story properly). It may be cruelty but you know that the people are stubborn to listen so he brings the plagues as a lesson. God only brings destruction because of humanity. He could end the Earth and be done with it. If it weren’t for Jesus’ begging to spare the humans while he was being crucified, we would have all died. If God was so cruel, he would have ended Cain’s life after Cain killed Able but he didn’t and instead banished him.
      If you don’t believe in God, then wait until you died and confront him in Heaven or Hell.
      I don’t know about Muslim Gods. Can you tell me their origins?

    • @oumaimaboudalal757
      @oumaimaboudalal757 Před 3 lety +17

      @@MelianLimGachaVideos there is no such thing as muslim gods , we believe that there is one god Allah , and yes , can you tell us how Allah in islam is violent , I want to know ?

  • @okuyasunijimura1970
    @okuyasunijimura1970 Před 3 lety +6

    As someone who has lived in New Zealand for years Maui is one of the most common myth talked in my past schools so I’m not surprised

  • @aesthetic3390
    @aesthetic3390 Před 3 lety +182

    May-ori, how fun. I always see Americans pronounce it like that when it’s really pronounced more like Moldy.

    • @gamingcactus4634
      @gamingcactus4634 Před 3 lety +11

      more like māoldy. a slight ā sound when saying it

    • @LoveTJones
      @LoveTJones Před 3 lety +12

      Thank you guys for the breakdown from a curious American lol.

    • @sythe2802
      @sythe2802 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes thank you I was about to make a comment on his saying of it, non new Zealanders say it weird

    • @awesomeness064
      @awesomeness064 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sythe2802 dw mate, some of the New Zealanders here can't say it either lmao

    • @experiencemaster1743
      @experiencemaster1743 Před 3 lety +4

      yeah when he said "Mayori" I was like "huh wonder who they are"
      "They're a group found in New Zealand" oh- he just Butchered Maori, well props for something new

  • @sarjeenthiagendran8136
    @sarjeenthiagendran8136 Před 3 lety +2370

    See kids, if Maui can forgive his mother for murdering him, I'm sure you can forgive your parents not buying you that apple phone

  • @charliebyrne4057
    @charliebyrne4057 Před 4 lety +61

    I'm a New Zealander and in terms of the island being pulled up from the ocean, there's another variation where the island is actually a large stingray, and the centre is a lake that symbolizes it's heart, which is now called Taupo Lake :) love the video jon

  • @Kisozriel
    @Kisozriel Před 3 lety +10

    “-and crawled into her va-hmmmmm....” My grown ass just laughed so hard I launched my cat off my lap. Poor thing 😂

    • @shawanasneed
      @shawanasneed Před 3 lety +1

      Poor 🐈 hope he or her sill like you

  • @daviddurham9158
    @daviddurham9158 Před 3 lety +4

    Being born and raised in NZ, I always loved the Maui stories (we got the primary school versions) my favorites were always him fishing up the North Island and slowing down the sun.

  • @PHSDM104
    @PHSDM104 Před 4 lety +262

    Jon:
    Maui slithers up her "fun tunnel" and gets chopped to bits.
    Me:
    So, basically, death by snu snu?

    • @deannas2778
      @deannas2778 Před 4 lety +7

      😂😂😂 well played

    • @lemonz0880
      @lemonz0880 Před 4 lety +7

      HAHAHAHA

    • @gingerhowe5247
      @gingerhowe5247 Před 4 lety +20

      You get mad props for Sun snu!!!! I say lines from that show and most people I work with have no idea. But they can kiss my shiny metal ......

    • @galenjones9529
      @galenjones9529 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gingerhowe5247 are you also powered by booze? Or is the metal ass all you have? 😉

    • @gingerhowe5247
      @gingerhowe5247 Před 3 lety

      @@galenjones9529 booze

  • @rowanw1312
    @rowanw1312 Před 4 lety +288

    I swear I’ve been seeing raycon everywhere, like I looked into them for like 5 minute. And now every as I get every sponsor I see

  • @THELPBrotherslol
    @THELPBrotherslol Před 3 lety +50

    Jon Solo: Using americanised pronounciations of the islands and names while also apologizing in advance about it.
    Every Polynesian in the comment section: And I took that personally.

    • @aidandavis9032
      @aidandavis9032 Před 3 lety +6

      It's not hard to do some research on proper pronunciation before making educational videos. "Maori" is not even close to sounding like "may-ori"
      Understandable if you can't roll Rs but it's not hard to put in a bit more effort

    • @ProdSKOLR
      @ProdSKOLR Před 3 lety

      @@aidandavis9032 Mao-ri. Chinese - Mao, Japanese - Ri.

  • @OurHourglass
    @OurHourglass Před 3 lety +36

    "and those are just the names I can pronounce"
    -immediately after mispronouncing Tonga

    • @thetrashcanking
      @thetrashcanking Před 3 lety

      and samoa

    • @Ghost-hj6gu
      @Ghost-hj6gu Před 3 lety +1

      As a Polynesian, it's like nails on a chalkboard to hear
      At least he did his research

  • @magicaltiffy
    @magicaltiffy Před 4 lety +86

    The messed up origin I never knew I wanted

  • @ciaran8187
    @ciaran8187 Před 4 lety +102

    I'm not uncultured, when I see a Jon solo video, I click

  • @Waifuxom
    @Waifuxom Před 3 lety +24

    Jon: His final flex
    Maui: *flexing his arm* 😏

  • @HennythingIsPossible
    @HennythingIsPossible Před 3 lety +13

    ‘And beat him with a fishing hook until he agreed to cross the sky slower.’
    The fact he said this so serious… I- 😂😭

  • @elizabethtorres6069
    @elizabethtorres6069 Před 4 lety +407

    The Disney's Maui character looks like, no disrespect to actor Dwayne Johnson's grandfather (Maori Tribe) Chief Pekelo Maivia. Research it folks, his family are beautiful. I remember both his father Rocky and grandfather, awesome wrestlers and VERY attractive men.
    Disney Creators probably got the character idea from this famous wrestler.

    • @ladyoftheabyss13
      @ladyoftheabyss13 Před 4 lety +80

      Maui is based on Dwayne Johnson's grandfather High Chief Peter Maivia. Disney was told that Maui needed to be larger than life like Jon said and Dwayne showed them a photo of his grandfather for inspiration. All of this was told in a behind the scenes special about the movie.

    • @lightheidi9009
      @lightheidi9009 Před 4 lety +8

      I agree very attractive strong men.

    • @KwikWon01
      @KwikWon01 Před 4 lety +25

      Samoan not maori

    • @rockydee7499
      @rockydee7499 Před 4 lety +3

      false. Im chinese!

    • @fraggleVenus
      @fraggleVenus Před 4 lety +10

      Samoan. Maori don't have a V in our language. Or a L.

  • @kentokim
    @kentokim Před 4 lety +85

    Moana has some of the best music though...and I appreciate that they used the native language in one of the songs.

    • @sunspotmill1291
      @sunspotmill1291 Před 4 lety +4

      You can thank the creator of Hamilton for that one!

  • @starlightstudios9545
    @starlightstudios9545 Před 3 lety +7

    Thank you so much for talking about our cultures storys😢 as a maori I'm proud in the amount of research you did is impressive 🍓

    • @JonSolo
      @JonSolo  Před 3 lety +5

      it was my pleasure learning about them! thanks for your patience with my pronunciation :)

  • @aria7214
    @aria7214 Před 3 lety +4

    It would be amazing if we got to see Jon and MatPat collab. The brain combo.

  • @Echophenomena
    @Echophenomena Před 4 lety +66

    As a Maori I am really proud of your pronunciation Jon! Keep trying, you’ll only get better. Maori is pronounce maw-ree with little emphasis on the W sound. Make sure to roll the R!

    • @GAMPEYGAMES
      @GAMPEYGAMES Před 3 lety

      I mean sorta, the macron over the ā makes an extended vow sound, so MAAo-Re would be closer. Also his o's aren't quite right either. But he does do a better job than most Pakeha, even most that actually live on te whenua

    • @GAMPEYGAMES
      @GAMPEYGAMES Před 3 lety

      wanna add for anyone else the a in Te Reō is a 'ah' sound not a typical 'a'

  • @fabrisse7469
    @fabrisse7469 Před 4 lety +174

    I love the idea of more Polynesian myths. Also, I'd love Japanese or Indian (South Asian) content.

  • @leafyfalls1108
    @leafyfalls1108 Před 3 lety +13

    Jon Solo: I'm sorry for butchering everything in this video. Me: it still hurts..

  • @mangodotexe
    @mangodotexe Před 3 lety +31

    I love hearing Americans pronounce things from Australia and NZ

  • @dalatuy104
    @dalatuy104 Před 4 lety +154

    Wish they would make more movies and shows regarding the myths, legends, and folklore of the Māori culture. It's always intrigued me growing up in NZ. The one that used to scare me though was Hātu Pātu and the Birdwoman. And when u go to Waihi they have a statue of her sitting on the bench. Used to freak me out lol

    • @carmellitale-man2671
      @carmellitale-man2671 Před 3 lety +3

      Hatu patu is one of my tribes famous stories

    • @dalatuy104
      @dalatuy104 Před 3 lety +8

      @@carmellitale-man2671 It's a real fascinating story and it use to scare me as a kid because they use to tell me if i ever wandered off too far the birdwoman will take me. And me, being a kid i believed it lol. They use to have a show on TV called Mataku and those stories use to freak me out as a kid. Would be cool to bring back a show like that with a lot more folklore in mind. Māori mythology and legends had always intrigued me and still do to this day.

    • @carmellitale-man2671
      @carmellitale-man2671 Před 3 lety +3

      Yea we have songs but funnily enough the story we were taught was about Hatu Patu's strength wierd isn't it cos although I know the history like you it scared me I shared the story with my grandchildren they feel the same it came up from a cousin and I talking about our favorite tribal stories she knew the song didn't really know the story I asked my grandchildren if they would like to go to where Hatu Patus famed story was I got a resounding no thank's nan I agree with you lots of stories in books I live in Wellington and taught te reo to adults so it's a story I shared some immigrants would be like ohhh whaea I like you other stories lol

    • @wisewarrior9222
      @wisewarrior9222 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dalatuy104 apparently alot of people go missing there g and I hope they bring back Mataku ma bro it was mean

    • @screamindog8772
      @screamindog8772 Před 3 lety +1

      now I have “what’s a birdwoman” in my search history

  • @k.s.2486
    @k.s.2486 Před 4 lety +121

    He was trying to say "Virginia". He did not want to be demonetized.

  • @curlyfries2956
    @curlyfries2956 Před 3 lety +1

    Man. I forgot all about your channel and I just found it again. Love ur vids!!!

  • @bradleyshaw2652
    @bradleyshaw2652 Před 3 lety +2

    I love the way he say all of the Maori words it is funny but I am happy that he is covering new Zealand history not many people know about the history

  • @emiche711
    @emiche711 Před 4 lety +39

    Literally staring at my phone bored, saw this notification and it’s a no brainer. One of the best channels on CZcams!

  • @littlesirenreads
    @littlesirenreads Před 4 lety +51

    I'm from Hawaii I watched this just to see how actuate you are. You did good

  • @Blackmambama
    @Blackmambama Před 3 lety +6

    LMFAOOOO “crawled in the goddesses VA-HMMMM”

  • @shocktrooperstudios659

    Nice to bring this kind of stuff to light. I’m from hawaii, so it’s nice to see content like this on here. Keep it up bro.

  • @HubertDuck
    @HubertDuck Před 4 lety +51

    Petition for Jon to post a messed up Disney episode on the black cauldron or the night on bald mountain segment from Fantasia. Also a messed up murders episode on Ed Gein.

    • @lovelornxd
      @lovelornxd Před 4 lety +2

      SIGNED FOR BLACK CAULDRON

    • @dinerosainphar8610
      @dinerosainphar8610 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes.

    • @musiclover01ization
      @musiclover01ization Před 4 lety

      Those are good ideas.

    • @mynocturnallife
      @mynocturnallife Před 4 lety +2

      No. Nobody needs Jon to talk about Ed Gein. I get the sense that this is Jon's sweet spot. He doesn't need to add actual horror cases like that to this channel. I just don't think the kids need to have Ed's story in their brain. Nobody does.

    • @megp3526
      @megp3526 Před 4 lety

      I have no idea how the black cauldron passed as a kids’ movie. Rewatched it recently.... still terrifying.

  • @MyMyGamezzz
    @MyMyGamezzz Před 4 lety +145

    Nobody:
    Literally not even a single soul:
    Jon Solo: *uploads*
    Me: *clicks faster than the speed of light*

  • @jazzborinaga6774
    @jazzborinaga6774 Před 2 lety

    Hi Jon, new subscriber here from the Philippines. Your videos are really knowledgeable about mythology. I'll watch more :)

  • @Shadowstar_Art
    @Shadowstar_Art Před 3 lety +53

    I wouldn't really say Maui is over weight, he's more so like the strong men in Hawaii they have bodies built for lifting, like those guys in the show about pulling trucks

  • @dafttool
    @dafttool Před 4 lety +44

    “Teeth” was a kickass Blockbuster Video rental

    • @studentdrake
      @studentdrake Před 4 lety +5

      Yes it was. If you liked "teeth" then you should check out diamanda Hagen and Brad Jones (aka the cinema snob) channel. They review movies similar to teeth.

    • @ravenwyld
      @ravenwyld Před 4 lety +3

      One of my favourites

    • @dr.rodabthicc
      @dr.rodabthicc Před 4 lety

      What's the movie about?

    • @dafttool
      @dafttool Před 4 lety +3

      Dr. RodabTHICC Dr. RodabTHICC Lol CZcams censored my summary... TWICE. I will try again. -A coming of age story of a seemingly normal girl, who comes to discover she has teeth where she shouldn’t. It goes from a sweet story to a humorous horror story.

    • @dr.rodabthicc
      @dr.rodabthicc Před 4 lety

      @@dafttool huh.

  • @lisgraa82
    @lisgraa82 Před 4 lety +42

    I've never seen Maui as "fat", I thought of it as muscles. As he is super strong (he does lift Moanas boat like it doesnt weight anything), as to why he is so large.

  • @Dragoninja26
    @Dragoninja26 Před 10 měsíci

    I had heard about the obsidian spike thing before but somehow didn't remember it at all until you said that part of the story and then a bunch of it came back to me, brains and memories are quite the curious things

  • @juliannpatton2899
    @juliannpatton2899 Před 3 lety

    Your the reason I turned my CZcams notifications back on. I love your videos!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +55

    Me: Thank you for talking about him
    Jon: What can I say except you're welcome

  • @Malemotherkitty
    @Malemotherkitty Před 4 lety +172

    If he was my history teacher, I'd freaking listen and get A's

    • @samholmes3442
      @samholmes3442 Před 3 lety +1

      No u wouldn’t because he’s not the greatest at actually telling our NZ myths lol he can’t even pronounce Maōri correctly

    • @Malemotherkitty
      @Malemotherkitty Před 3 lety +1

      @@samholmes3442 It was a joke and honestly didn't remember this comment lol

    • @zeetu3435
      @zeetu3435 Před 3 lety +1

      I actually commented the same thing I agree

    • @amyschildgamerlive4519
      @amyschildgamerlive4519 Před 3 lety +1

      Just don't forget to buy your Raycons!

  • @muiki9529
    @muiki9529 Před 3 lety

    I'm from NZ but I moved to Norway after turning 8, so I don't really remember all that much of what I learned when I was still there, but it was so fun watching this video cuz it actually made me remember things I learned in school and in preschool and stuff. Like,, after you mentioned Mahuika and her flame fingernails, I remembered stuff I saw about her as a kid, or when you talked about pulling up the sun,,, I really didn't remember all that or where exactly these pieces of memories came from, but thanks to this video i got to revisit old memories I forgot about, and I'm so happy cuz that was really fun

  • @tyrannotitan6406
    @tyrannotitan6406 Před 3 lety +57

    I grew up with these myths since I'm from nz and everyone around me just thinks this is normal, also u said Maori wrong

  • @rhia_code
    @rhia_code Před 3 lety +5

    Im a Maori European from NZ and i just want to say you did a good job with explaining this. There are so many myths surrounding Maui and im do happy you did an episode on this!

  • @TheBlaqSpiderman
    @TheBlaqSpiderman Před 4 lety +34

    You made this the day before my birthday Jon, thanks

  • @freebe5674
    @freebe5674 Před 3 lety

    Great video ❤️

  • @oddlypeculiar6432
    @oddlypeculiar6432 Před 3 lety +14

    Tip: The G in tonga is silent and samoa isn’t pronounced like sa-moe-a it's just sa-more-a but without the r sound

  • @stagedx
    @stagedx Před 4 lety +97

    “messed up” He’s literally the Hawaiian Superman

    • @A.S._Trunks
      @A.S._Trunks Před 3 lety +1

      Lol exactly not even that messed up

    • @jbsjb896
      @jbsjb896 Před 3 lety +11

      He's actually New Zealand's most famous Demi God! If you notice, all the names of the characters in the story a Māori names. If you notice the North Island of NZ is the fish, that Maoi fished up and the South Island as we call it in NZ is Te Wai Poanamu, which is the Waka ( Māori fishing/ war canoe).

    • @saikrime2470
      @saikrime2470 Před 3 lety +1

      hes a demi god wha

    • @UwU-lm9or
      @UwU-lm9or Před 3 lety +3

      Actually there is a song called Hawaiian superman- sorry I just thought it was ironic since I hear it on the radio lol

    • @saikrime2470
      @saikrime2470 Před 3 lety +1

      @@UwU-lm9or reggae music is garbo

  • @charlottegrace6656
    @charlottegrace6656 Před 4 lety +49

    Maori in New Zealand here!
    Great work Jon! So funny how you say "Maori" though lol

    • @JasmineAnahera
      @JasmineAnahera Před 4 lety +2

      Charlotte Grace agreed! It definitely threw me at first haha

    • @izzienewton-cross512
      @izzienewton-cross512 Před 3 lety

      Haha yeah, but we could see it coming from a mile off😅

    • @vitalspark6288
      @vitalspark6288 Před 3 lety

      The pronunciation is so painful, I literally can't keep watching it. And that's coming from an Australian, so I can only imagine how much worse it must be for you.

    • @kirituhi.
      @kirituhi. Před 3 lety

      May-oh-ree 🤣

    • @helena5746
      @helena5746 Před 3 lety

      it made me laugh "May-or-ee"

  • @bartonbella3131
    @bartonbella3131 Před 2 lety

    Great episode

  • @puertoricanlove9
    @puertoricanlove9 Před 2 lety

    I love the way you articulate and explain, Super entertaining and personally impressive to me because I am scatterbrained especially when it comes to telling stories😂

  • @Pynaegan
    @Pynaegan Před 4 lety +21

    "Obsidian teeth" you say....?
    I think I met her in the red-light district one drunken evening.
    A night long remembered.(and regretted)
    :(

  • @bloodybee3553
    @bloodybee3553 Před 4 lety +17

    "How he got us coconuts" (10:39)
    Me: Balls?
    Me: (remembers the story of the eel)
    Me: Oh wait

  • @cheyenneherrera5
    @cheyenneherrera5 Před 3 lety +3

    Well, I'm never forgetting "Fun tunnel" 🤣

  • @janiceandgonzogirl10
    @janiceandgonzogirl10 Před 4 lety +20

    Ah this video was really awesome. I'm from NZ and I loved seeing a CZcamsr touch on NZ culture. I grew up with alot if these stories and you portrayed them well. The only thing that was wrong was the pronunciation other than that good video

  • @alicewilloughby4318
    @alicewilloughby4318 Před 4 lety +29

    13:30 - Someone should have explained to Maui that you can't get to the mouth from the vagina. Women's bodies don't work that way!
    16:14 - Gunther! He may not have lassoed the sun, but he's certainly lassoed our hearts!

  • @AmbitiouslyVicious
    @AmbitiouslyVicious Před 3 lety

    Lmaoo i giggled when he kept extinguishing the flame/fire 😂😂😂

  • @maiamaunsell9527
    @maiamaunsell9527 Před 3 lety

    happy to acknowledge your effort.

  • @rowanw1312
    @rowanw1312 Před 4 lety +6

    I love how sometimes the origins aren’t messed up, it’s just fun to learn about them

  • @Teag_Brohman15
    @Teag_Brohman15 Před 4 lety +18

    Jon Solo 2021: The Messed up Origins of The Care Bears

  • @bradleymasters1456
    @bradleymasters1456 Před 3 lety

    We read about Maui a lot at school I love the bit where he and his brothers fish out nz, then he slows down the sun after arguing with it.

  • @DCRey1872
    @DCRey1872 Před 2 lety +2

    Maui never read to me as overweight, but built more like a Pit Bull. He looks buff, and thick.

  • @SB-ot3hk
    @SB-ot3hk Před 4 lety +6

    There is actually a very popular song ( in Hawai’i at least ) named ‘ Maui Hawaiian Sup’pa Man ‘ by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole ( the guy who sang the song that everyone knows ‘ Somewhere Over The Rainbow ‘ ). The song briefly talks about Maui’s stories in the Hawaiian version. It’s a really fun and educational you could say kind of song. I highly recommend it.

    • @Ozziecatsmom
      @Ozziecatsmom Před 4 lety

      Israel has such a beautiful voice, I love his songs. He does a great version of Somewhere over the Rainbow but he didn't create the song.

    • @xxon3godxx584
      @xxon3godxx584 Před 3 lety

      Ozziecatsmom she never said he wrote the song she said he just sang it....🤨🤨🤨🤨

    • @SB-ot3hk
      @SB-ot3hk Před 3 lety

      xX ON3GOD Xx I changed it from created to sang cuz i didn’t know that he didn’t create it sorry

  • @theironichipstersarehere
    @theironichipstersarehere Před 4 lety +97

    Hello, yeah I learnt about these myths in school.
    When you're so early you don't know what to comment 🙃
    New Zealand UwU 🇳🇿

  • @siliconx-8087
    @siliconx-8087 Před 3 lety +1

    Being from New Zealand I understand how heavily human and animal death influences our mythology. There's a story of a man named Tane Mahuta that ( if I can remember correctly ) had 4 dogs. At a point in the story he comes across a canyon without a bridge and in order to cross he *sigh* pushes one of his dogs of the cliff killing it. It's body then turning into a bridge for Tane Mahuta to cross. Long story short all dog's get killed so Tane Mahuta could complete his journey. NOTE: that's not exactly how the proper story goes but all ( or most ) dog's die.

  • @annapajak5116
    @annapajak5116 Před 3 lety

    Maori is like moldy..haha.. fantastic jon. Love your channel. X

  • @paranormalcuriosity2514
    @paranormalcuriosity2514 Před 4 lety +7

    Kia Ora Jon I’ve been watching your videos for years, I’m a Maori from New Zealand 🇳🇿 super happy to see you cover one of our MANY gods please continue to do more our ancestors have some awesome stories Kia kaha ka te ano!

  • @christenguzman4500
    @christenguzman4500 Před 4 lety +6

    As a Hawaiian, I can say that I am very impressed and appreciative of your effort and wanting to be respectful about the culture! I love watching your videos and to see this was awesome! Can't wait for more!

  • @Meredithlivia
    @Meredithlivia Před 2 lety

    the way he said "may ori" i dead lol💀

  • @por2gloria1
    @por2gloria1 Před 3 lety

    Thank You, so much fun!!

  • @milaguttenbeil5818
    @milaguttenbeil5818 Před 4 lety +3

    As a māori person its so cool to see one of my favourite channels tell the stories i grew up with :)