Crossword-Solution: TANIWHA
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| Clue | Answers |
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| mythical Māori monster that lives in water | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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TAHAITAN and Central American linguistic similarities 236 TANIWHA, a mythic monster 214 TAX symbol, phonetic value of 259 TAYLOR, RICHARD, cited on Maori lizard god 214 --, on Maori lizard symbolism 226 TECOLOTL day symbol discussed 252 --, definition of 252 TECPATL day symbol discussed 258 --, meaning of 228 TECPILA NAHUATL day symbol discussed 254 TEE-LAO, definition of 240 TELLA day symbol discussed 239 TEMETLATL, _see_ TEOTL-ITONAL.
This taniwha, which was about forty feet in length and had a long mane, was in the habit of sometimes standing almost erect in the water, and frightening the women and children out of their wits.
Such, too, is the dragon legend, the tale of the Taniwha, which graces the volcanic country in the interior.
The Local Tapu.--The Taniwha.--The Battle of Motiti.--The Death of Tiki Whenua.--Reflections.--Brutus, Marcus Antonius, and Tiki Whenua.--Suicide.
The furies take possession of me! I dart upon him like a hungry shark! I have him! I have him under! Down, villain! down to the kraken and the whale, to the Taniwha cave!--down! down! down! As we sank I heard one grand roar of wild laughter from the shore: the word _utu_ I heard roared by many voices, but did not then know its import.