Maero

nature_spirit forest Māori single tradition · 3

Savage, arboreal humanoids.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020

Relationships

enemy of
Maori, Patupaiarehe

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Sources

Source passages

“Maero (Māori) – Savage, arboreal humanoids”

#5027 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Tukoio, a mortal man, once found a maero, a mohoao (wild man), and attacked it, cutting off its arms, legs and head. He brought the head back, but it was still alive and called for help.”

#8477 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the South Island, patupaiarehe are mostly replaced by the Maero, a different race of supernatural beings, though legends about patupaiarehe are still present. James Cowan suggested that if the patupaiarehe did exist they might have been descendants of an early South Island iwi called Hāwea, whose skin was described as 'ruddy or copper-coloured'”

#8625 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001