Chapter 8: Tangihanga Flashcards
Tangihanga
Death customs
Hine-tītama
Daughter of first woman
Rarohenga
The place where the spirits of the dead reside
Te Rerenga Wairua
The leaping place of Spirits, where they leapt to Rarohenga or back to Hawaiki
Tāne
Father and husband of Hine
Hine-nui-i-te-pō
Hine’s new name after fleeing to the underworld
Māui-tikitiki-o-te-Taranga
Sought to destroy Hine to mKe humans immortal. Changed into a lizard, reentered womb. Hine woke up with the fantail laughter and crushed him between her thighs, killing him
Ōhākī
Final wishes and farewells, contained political and legal elements, instructions for utu, sometimes instructions on where to be buried, public gathering
Utu
Reciprocity
Whare tūroro
Temporary structure for a dying person, burnt down after death
Whakanoa
Removal of tapu
Kaumātua
Elder
Mate tauā
Death as the result of warfare
Mate rangatira
Noble death
Mōteatea
To grieve, traditional chant/song/poetry
Mate aitu, mate tara-ā-whare
Death by sickness or natural causes
Mate aituā
Death by accident
Mate whaiwhaiā
Death by mākutu
Mākutu
Witchcraft, sorcery
Preparation of dead
Women remove tūpāpaku, prepare for display (wash corpse, rub oil and sometimes kōkōwai on it, dress hair with feathers), place corpse with knees to chin and arms wrapped around legs, wrap in fine mats, cloaks, transport to marae in dugout canoe