Editing Mākutu

{{Short description|Māori concept of witchcraft}}
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'''''Mākutu''''' in  the  [[Māori language]] of [[New Zealand]] means "[[witchcraft]]", [[magic (paranormal)|"sorcery"]], "to bewitch"; and also a "spell or [[incantation]]".<ref>Williams, Herbert W., 1975. ''A Dictionary of the Māori Language''. 7th edition. Wellington: Government Printer</ref><ref>[https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowYest-t1-body-d1-d6.html The Maori: Yesterday and To-day Chapter VI. – Makutu: – The Belief in Witchcraft]</ref> It may also be described as a belief in malignant [[occult]] [[power (social and political)|power]]s possessed by certain people.{{cn|date=April 2023}}

An [[Killing of Janet Moses|October 2007 mākutu-lifting]] in the [[Lower Hutt]] suburb of [[Wainuiomata]] led to the death by drowning of a woman and the hospitalisation of a teen, allegedly due to attempts to remove such a curse.<ref>
{{cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/4271121a8153.html 
|title= Charlatans may be to blame, says scholar 
|date= 13 November 2007 
|work= [[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] 
|access-date= 19 October 2011
}}
</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tohunga]]

==References==
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[[Category:Māori mythology]]
[[Category:Asian witchcraft]]
[[Category:Māori religion]]


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