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Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Taniwha
Māori (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Region
Aotearoa New Zealand & the South Pacific
Era
Living Māori tradition
Collection note
WDD-POL-001
In Māori tradition, the great water-being is not only feared but respected as a guardian of channels, coasts, and thresholds. Taniwha take many forms - shark, whale, lizard, even a drifting log - and are still invoked today as kaitiaki (guardians) in decisions about rivers, coasts, and land.
Role
Guardian-being of channels, estuaries, and dangerous thresholds
Catalog no.
WDD-POL-001
Series
Atlas Archive
Across the South Pacific, water guardians move through surf, reefs, and ancestral waters in many forms.
Where Dragons Dwell
Series Atlas Archive
Taniwha
Māori (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Region
Aotearoa New Zealand & the South Pacific
Era
Living Māori tradition
Collection note
WDD-POL-001
In Māori tradition, the great water-being is not only feared but respected as a guardian of channels, coasts, and thresholds. Taniwha take many forms - shark, whale, lizard, even a drifting log - and are still invoked today as kaitiaki (guardians) in decisions about rivers, coasts, and land.
Role
Guardian-being of channels, estuaries, and dangerous thresholds
Catalog no.
WDD-POL-001
Series
Atlas Archive
Across the South Pacific, water guardians move through surf, reefs, and ancestral waters in many forms.