Normal view
MARC view
- Tohunga
Tohunga (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Experts
- Priests (Traditional)
- Teachers (Traditional)
See also:
- Ako
- Ao wairua
- Atua
- Kaiako
- Kaihoahoa whare
- Mātauranga
- Matenga
- Tapu
- Tikanga tuku iho
- Tūāhu
- Whare wānanga
- Broader heading: Māramatanga
- Broader heading: Tāngata whenua
- Narrower heading: Matapaheru
- Narrower heading: Tohunga ahurewa
- Narrower heading: Tohunga kēhua
- Narrower heading: Tohunga kōkōrangi
- Narrower heading: Tohunga mākutu
- Narrower heading: Tohunga matakite
- Narrower heading: Tohunga tā moko
- Narrower heading: Tohunga whakairo
Whakamārama: He akonga o te wairua nui, he tangata mātatau, he pūkenga, he tangata karakia me ngā ritenga o te whare wānanga. Tēnā te mana me te tapu o te tohunga me tōna pūmanawa.
Scope Note: A student of the source and a master of impeccable skill and talent who has the ability to perform specific incantations and rites correctly and to teach others.