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Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times
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Historical SummaryThis approach to spirits may reach the extreme form of the sacrifice of a child or other dear objects in great emergencies. Maning, who for many years was a judge in New Zealand, has given an example of this among the Maori which may be compared with the vow of Jepthah (Joshua 11–12) and the sacrifice of his daughter:
Sacrifices were often made to the war demon, and I know of one instance in which, when a tribe were surrounded by an overwhelming force of their enemies, and had nothing but extermination—immediate and unrelenting—before them, the war chief cut out the heart of his own son as an offering for victory; and then he and his tribe, with the fury of despair and the courage of fanatics, rushed upon the foe, defeated them
with terrific slaughter, and the war demon had much praise, and many men were eaten.1
1 [Maning, F.E.n/an/an/an/a,] , by a pakeha Maori, 134–135 (Smith, Elder and Co. By permission).
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"Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times," Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N6ILNHIF7NRJ9FJ.
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. "Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times." Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N6ILNHIF7NRJ9FJ.
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, 'Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times' in Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N6ILNHIF7NRJ9FJ.
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