Geeks And Moana Comparison

The origin stories of the geeks and Moana there are similar and different in lots of ways. The Greeks believed the seasons were controlled by the goddess of Demeter and her reaction to the lost and retrieval of her daughter Persephone. The Polynesians believed that their island came to existence with the beginning of Te Fiti and Maui assistance in creating new forms of life.

There are many Gods the Greeks believed in making them a polytheistic religion of having multiple gods each responsible for a certain task assigned to them. Demeter is the Greek goddess who controls the four seasons. Her story began with her relationship of her daughter known as Persephone to Hades the god of the underworld. Together the two created life then she disappeared to the hands of Hades.

In Pacific culture the ocean is literally the life blood of a community, providing food although Maui did assist the creation and founding of new islands which guides Moana and her people he still harm Tafiti.

The heart was seen as power to the other gods and demigods in creating the world. Maui was actually born to human parents yet he was tossed back into the water and the gods discovered him therefore he gained a position as a demigod. Maui however stole the heart of Tafiti to prove his human parents were wrong. Hermes is very similar to Moana’s grandmother the last one to communicate and tell the stories of the gods. She became the chosen one and asked Moana to protect the island. Tafiti is similar to Demeter in which both can be referenced as mother earth or new life.

During the movie we notice that Moana and her people seem pleasant and happy living on their island. When Tafiti lost her heart she transformed into Te Ka it was her emotional response into the absence of her having no heart and sentenced the entirety of mankind to death and placed a devastating curse upon the