As a newborn, this figure was thrown into the ocean wrapped in some hair from his mother, Taranga, leading to one of his epithets meaning “wrapped in the topknot.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this figure who stole fire from the fingernails of the goddess Mahuika. This trickster figure wields a weapon that was fashioned from his grandmother’s jawbone.
ANSWER: Māui [or Māui-tikitiki; or Māui-pōtiki; or Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga; or Māui te whare kino]
[10e] This country’s North Island is known as Te Ika-a-Māui, or “the fish of Māui,” among its native Māori people.
ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
[10h] While trying to gain immortality, Māui eventually dies when he is crushed by teeth made of this material. Dead shades encounter a mountain of this material in the third region of Mictlān.
ANSWER: obsidian [prompt on rock; prompt on stone]
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