 His mother Taranga, the village's , sent Māui to his grandmother Mahuika, the of fire, to retrieve more.She gave him a fingernail, but he extinguished it, so she kept giving him fingernail after fingernail until she became furious with him, setting fire to the land and sea to attack Māui.He transformed into a hawk to escape, but the fire singed the underside of his wings, turning them red.