Tapatapa

A certain supernatural being to whom incantations were addressed in time of plague and epidemic sickness. The incantation to Tapatapa followed that to Mihimihitea.

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 470.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:40.