There's a lot of people of course who are not aware of what a "Manaia" is, but a Samoan Historian caught the new Superman Movie and thought that the symbol resembled a Manaia. The famous Maori culture in the far southern region of Oceania, has some of the greatest wood carving arts in the world, even compared to the greatest wood carvers of Southern East Asia. Inside those Maori carvings, are many times, if not always, a Manaia pattern used in the background, or to decorate other figures and sections. The Manaia in Maori culture is a bird-headed god, with a body of a man [Birdman], and sometimes with the body of a serpent [Bird Dragon], giving it the "S" Superman figure. The Manaia is also traditionally believed to be the messenger between Heaven and the earthly world. The word "Manaia" is cognate with the founding word of Fa'amanaia in Samoan, which means to expressly decorate. Traditional Manaia carvings in Bone and Jade, worn around the neck, are today widely popular in the largest regions of the world, in Asia Pacific and the Moana Pacific region.