{"id":22484,"date":"2022-08-08T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=22484"},"modified":"2022-08-08T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T10:19:19","slug":"sacrifice-humain-pour-un-nouveau-pa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/maori-mythology\/human-sacrifice-for-a-new-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Human sacrifice for a new Pa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22484\" class=\"elementor elementor-22484\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1aee508 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1aee508\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46c8aa9\" data-id=\"46c8aa9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253dc77 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"253dc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/maori-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Maori mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1afd248\" data-id=\"1afd248\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428fca7 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"428fca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/nzetc.victoria.ac.nz\/tm\/scholarly\/tei-Bes01Reli.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b35b826 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b35b826\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85ce03e\" data-id=\"85ce03e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698d52b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698d52b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When they settled in <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/maori-mythology\/\">New Zealand<\/a>, the M\u0101ori brought from the different islands from which they came, a certain number of stories which they adapted to their new environment and developed. Here is part of their culture: human sacrifice for a new Pa.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"human sacrifice for a new Pa\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dee397 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dee397\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6661d36\" data-id=\"6661d36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2700661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2700661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/maori-mythology\/human-sacrifice-for-a-new-father\/#Le-sacrifice-humain-pour-un-nouveau-Pa-village-fortifie\" >Human sacrifice for a new Pa, fortified village<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le-sacrifice-humain-pour-un-nouveau-Pa-village-fortifie\"><\/span>Human sacrifice for a new Pa, fortified village<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e4d4b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e4d4b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dd3f12\" data-id=\"7dd3f12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9605e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9605e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here we have another question which has been much magnified by writers on Maori customs. In only one case were human bones found at the base of the stockade posts of a fortified village, and this was magnified by some authors into a common custom. The place alluded to is the Tawhiti-nui pa at Opitiki, said to be a very ancient place.\u00a0<\/p><p>Indigenous tradition tells us nothing of its origin, but states that it existed twenty generations ago. No doubt the burial of a human sacrifice in such a place was practiced occasionally, but there is no evidence that it was practiced often. Obviously, the idea which inspired such a barbaric act was similar to that relating to the burial of a person at the foot of a house post: the preservation of the building.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In flight. 15 of the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Colonel Gudgeon reports the discovery made at Tawhiti-nui: \u201cThe current owner of this place, in leveling the old ditches of the fort, saw fit to dig up the butts of some old puriri posts which had at one time supported the palisades of the Pa. These butts, although nearly 2 feet in diameter, and of a wood which is considered almost indestructible, were, with the exception of a small core, found\u00a0<\/p><p>But the leveling revealed the interesting fact that no fewer than thirteen skeletons were found in such positions as to suggest that they had been placed in the holes at the same time as the posts, and that they were probably buried living\u2026. the original pa was of a very early date can be inferred from the fact that the bones I mentioned crumbled into dust after a few days of exposure to the air; only the teeth remained intact. In this case, it must be assumed that the victims had been buried at the base of the heaviest posts of the stockade in order to &quot;retain&quot; them.<\/p><p>Among the Takitumu of the east coast, a stone was buried at the base of one of the main stockade posts of an important fortified village. Such a stone was called a whatu, and it served as a mauri for the village and its inhabitants \u2013 that is, it was a talisman made effective as a protective agent by being a kind of sanctuary or of place of residence for the god or gods. under whose protection the village had been placed. It was by means of certain ceremonial performances of tapu that the mana or power of the gods was implanted in such a stone.<\/p><p>Colonel Gudgeon mentions a case in the Bay of Plenty district in which a member of a vassal clan was used as a human sacrifice for a new pa: &quot;When the Ngati-Whakaue rebuilt their grand pa at Pukeroa (Rotorua), all the tribes in this neighborhood lived for some time in a state of apprehension, for they knew very well that some casualties would be necessary to sanctify the work, and they did not breathe freely until the blow fell on Ngati-Tura.<\/p><p>The statement made, however, in a footnote on p. 209 of vol 12 of the Journal of the Polynesian Society lacks supporting evidence; we do not know that such a thing has often happened.<\/p><p>Tylor gives us evidence of such human sacrifices for fortified places in Europe, Africa, Asia, <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-japonais-1758\/\">Japan<\/a>, in the Asian archipelago, etc., thus showing how widespread the custom was. The burial of human victims at the bases of protective works posts was also practiced at Tenasserim.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythology Maori Wiki When they settled in New Zealand, the M\u0101ori brought from the various islands from which they originated, a number \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2889,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22488,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22484\/revisions\/22488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}