Manaia (mythological creature)
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title:
Manaia (mythological creature)
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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 tail of a fish 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 seahorse and a lizard. The word manaia is cognate with the founding Samoan term fa'amanaia, and relevant to the Niuean fakamanaia, both meaning to make a decoration or
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Mythological creature in Māori culture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaia_(mythological_creature)
date created:
2010-09-28T23:19:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T10:10:20Z
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