Normal view
MARC view
Tapu (Topical Term)
See also:
- Atua
- Kaitangata
- Karakia
- Makawe
- Mana
- Mana atua
- Mana tūpuna
- Noa
- Tapairu
- Te Awa Atua
- Tohunga
- Wāhi tapu
- Wai tapu
- Broader heading: Tikanga tuku iho
Whakamārama: He ritenga whakawehe i te tangata, i te taonga i tētahi āhua rānei, kia kaua e whāwhāria, e takahia, ā, kia tūpato te haere.
Scope Note: A status of separateness conferred by ritual to set things apart from ordinary matters (noa). When under tapu things were forbidden or treated differently from things noa.