How did Moana's grandma get the heart?

When Moana and her father left the beach, Tala must have gone and picked the Heart up. Te Fiti didn't become fractured, but rather turned into Te Ka in her anger. So Tala couldn't be a fractured part of Te Fiti.
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How did Moana's grandma get the heart of Te Fiti?

Tala gives Moana the heart of Te Fiti, which she has kept safe for her granddaughter ever since she was chosen by the ocean, and shows her that the darkness unleashed by Maui's theft is now consuming the island. This film is rated PG with a run time of approximately 107 minutes.
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Was the heart keeping Moanas grandma alive?

The heart has the power of life, and it kept Gramma Tala alive. So when Gramma Tala hands Moana the heart, she immediately begins to die. Moana takes off to find the council, while Tala grows more exahusted amd weak. Moments later, Moana and Tui (Moana's father) are shocked to find that Gramma Tala is dieing.
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Was Moana's grandma there when the ocean chose her?

When baby Moana was given the Heart for her kind spirit and helping the ocean's ecosystem (the ocean chose her), she haphazardly dropped it when she was retrieved by her father. But unbeknownst to her, Moana's grandma was never far away, knowing to retrieve the precious stone and save it for her granddaughter.
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How does Moana get the heart?

Long before the story Maui steals the heart and loses it and it falls into ocean water. Then when Moana is a child the ocean pushes the heart to the island shore right into Moana's hands. Moana is immediately distracted, so her grandmother takes and stores the heart.
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Why did Maui steal the heart?

The gods rescued Maui. They made him into a demigod and gave him the ability to shapeshift. Maui stole the heart of Te Fiti because he wanted to give it to humans; he wanted to do this, however, because he wanted the love of humans that had been denied him by his parents.
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Is Moana Maui's long lost daughter?

MeInFl wrote: Maui is not Moana's father. Her father is Cheif Tui, the leader of the village of Motunui.
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What does Te Fiti mean in Moana?

TE Fiti is a major character in the Disney movie Moana.

The character is also known as Mother Island in the film, whose occupation is to be the “goddess of life.” 2. Te Fiti is the 'mother island' in MoanaCredit: Disney.
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Was Moana's grandma a chief?

In the movie Moana, Moana is the daughter of the chief, and she's spent her whole life being trained for leadership. The thing is, her grandmother (her fathers mother) is still alive and well, and an active, respected member of the tribe. I can't work out why the grandmother isn't chief, the father is.
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Who is Te Fiti based on?

Filmmakers charted out relative distances in the world they created. Te Fiti, another island in the film, was based on Tahiti, and the tattoos on Dwayne Johnson's character, Maui, are modeled on Marquesan tattoos.
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Is Te Fiti a real goddess?

Is Te Fiti Based On a Real Legend? Yes and no. Te Fiti does not exist in Polynesian mythology, but there is a goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes called Pele. Some fans are speculating that Pele is Te Fiti's real-life legend counterpart.
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What is Grandma Tala?

Tala. Gramma Tala is a major character in Disney's 2016 animated feature film, Moana. Known for her love of Polynesian myths and legends, Tala is the “village crazy lady” of Motunui, where she resides alongside her grand daughter, Moana.
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Does Moana have a love interest?

Disney's newest princess, Moana, won't have a love interest. The directors, John Musker and Ron Clements, revealed at San Diego Comic Con that the story will focus on Moana finding herself, rather than finding romance.
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Why did Maui's parents not want him?

According to Maui, they took one look at him after his birth and decided they didn't want him as they refuse to bear the difficulties of raising a child. As such, they threw him into the ocean like he was nothing, though he was saved by the gods, who raised him to become a demigod to provide gifts for humanity.
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Why is Maui so fat?

For five years, Disney consulted scores of people on research trips throughout the South Pacific, specialists in fishing techniques and tattoos, ancient navigation and traditional dance. These experts formed the film's Oceanic Story Trust, and it was members of this group who pushed the filmmakers for a bigger Maui.
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Does Te Fiti mean heaven?

Maui is her guardian angel, who was tasked to take her to 'Te Fiti', which stands for heaven in the movie. “The whole movie was about her journey to the afterlife.”
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Was Moana based on a true story?

Although Moana is from the fictional island Motunui some 3,000 years ago, the story and culture of Moana is based on the very real heritage and history of Polynesian islands such as Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti.
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What gift does Te Fiti give to Maui?

By the end of Moana, Maui is humbled as he apologizes to Te Fiti for his reckless actions and is gifted a new fish hook in return for his heroic deeds.
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Why can't Maui use his hook?

The Wish Realm's Hook goes to see Rumplestiltskin, who insights him on Maui's Fish Hook, which has the power to destroy prisons. Hook bests Ahab in a game of dice, and takes possession of magical weapon, in order to free his daughter from a tower, but is unable to use it, due to Gothel's interventions.
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Why can't Moana go in the water?

[Moana] Moana can't go past the reef because she doesn't have the heart of Te Fiti.
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Why couldn't the ocean put the heart back?

Why didn't the ocean just take the heart back to Te Fiti itself? Because the ocean doesn't know where Te Fiti is. That island, the source of creation, can only be found by a god. It needs Maui to be there in order to find the island to even get the heart back.
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