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Taniwha / Tanihwa
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Region: New Zealand, Maori people
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature:
Sources: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons pg 352

Notes:
  • Lizard-like with huge fangs and a long spiny tail
  • Liked the taste of humans
Tale:

Pitaka and his band trapped and killed 3 taniwhas and when they split them open the bodies of the eaten fell out

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