Fim ɗin ya samo asali ne daga alkalumma daga tatsuniyar Polynesia.
Mazauna tsibirin Motunui na Polynesia suna girmama allahiya Te Fiti, wadda aka ce ta ba da rai ga teku saboda wani dutsen ja, zuciyar Te Fiti da kuma tushen ikonta.
Maui, gunkin iska da teku, yana sace zuciya don ya ba mutane ikon halitta.
Te Fiti ya watse, kuma Te Kā, wani allahntaka, ya kai wa Maui hari don neman zuciya mai kwaɗayi, aljanin ƙasa da wuta.
A cikin yaƙin, an jefa Maui cikin iska, ya rasa zuciyarsa wadda ta ɓace a ƙasan teku.
Mazauna tsibirin sun kasance manyan matafiya a da, amma sun daina ayyukansu bayan an sace zuciyar Te Fiti saboda teku ba ta da aminci.
Shekaru dubu bayan haka, teku ta zaɓi Moana, 'yar Tui, shugaban Motunui, don mayar da zuciya ga Te Fiti.
Canjin Launi