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Wairua (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Spirits
See also:
- Ao wairua
- Atua
- Paipera Tapu
- Broader heading: Tikanga tuku iho
- Narrower heading: Taniwha
Whakamārama: Ka mate te tangata, ka wehe te wairua, ka tomo ki te Ao Wairua.
Scope Note: Wairua are spirits. At a person's death the wairua is freed from the tinana/body and enters the Ao Wairua.