1) Māori legendary creature 2) Māori mythology
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[legendary chief] In Māori mythology, Manaia was a chief of the mythological land Hawaiki. After his wife`s brother Ngātoro-i-rangi had migrated to New Zealand, Manaia`s wife, Kuiwai, sent their daughter Haungaroa and four other girls to tell Ngatoro that Manaia had cursed him. Ngātoro-i-rangi performed rituals to ward off the curse, cur...
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[mythological creature] The Manaia is a mythological creature in Māori culture, and is a common motif in Māori carving and jewellery. The Manaia is usually depicted as having the head of a bird and the body of a man, though it is sometimes depicted as a bird, a serpent, or a human figure in profile. Other interpretations include a seahors...
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