Editing Nuku-mai-tore

{{Short description|Spirits in Māori mythology}}
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In [[Māori mythology]] the '''Nuku-mai-tore''' are forest-dwelling spirits.<ref>An entry in [[Encyclopedia Mythica]] translates Nuku-mai-tore as "People of the Other World".</ref> Tura joins [[Whiro]]'s canoe party, but when it enters a whirlpool he catches the overhanging boughs of a tree and lives among the Nuku-mai-tore, to whom he teaches the use of fire, the art of cooking, and the natural way of childbirth together with the ceremonies attending to the birth of a child.<ref>Beckwith 1970:502, White 1887–1891, II:8–15, 17–19</ref>

==See also==
*[[Patupaiarehe]]
*[[Menehune]]
*[[Taotao Mona]]
*[[Anito]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*M. Beckwith, ''Hawaiian Mythology'' (University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu) 1970.
*[[John White (ethnographer)|J. White]], ''The Ancient History of the Maori'', 6 Volumes (Government Printer: Wellington), 1887–1891.

[[Category:Māori legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Forest spirits]]
[[Category:Austronesian spirituality]]


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