Spiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori |
Common terms and phrases
abiding-place affected ahua animal animatism appear aria aroha atua bird body at death breath cause ceremony charm child crops Dawn Maid defiled denotes the soul despatch Dictionary gives district divinatory Elsdon Best employed to denote endowed enemy expert forest gods Hawaiki heard hence Hine-ahu-one Hine-nui-te-Po hinengaro human immaterial inanimate objects kapu kehua kikokiko koiwi kumara land leaves the body living mahara mana manawa ora manea Maori Maori belief Marewa material mauri Maui mawe medium mind ngakau oho mauri ohonga performed physical basis physical life-principle Polynesian protect puku rahui recited remark rendered represented rite ritual Ruatahuna seems seen semblance spirit spirit-world spiritual and mental spiritual potentiae spiritual welfare stone supernormal symbol taku talisman Tamarau Tane tapu Taranaki Taumako Te Teko things tipua tipua objects tohunga toiora took the ahua tree tuapa Tuhoe Turehu village vital principle waiora wairua Whakatane whatu Whiro word meaning