Pouakai

Pouakai

Pouakai

Águila de Haast atacando a unas moas.

El Pouakai o Poukai es, en la mitología maorí, una monstruosa ave que es capaz de cargar con personas hasta su nido en las montañas donde se las come.[1]

El Pouakai está seguramente basado en la gigantesca y extinta águila de Haast que cazaba moas gigantes, con lo que podría haber cazado y comido humanos. El águila de Haast se extinguió hacie unos 500 años por la depredación de los maorís sobre sus presas, las moas;[2] con lo que acabó por transformarse en una leyenda. Representaron al águila en pinturas rupestres.

Referencias

  1. ↑  «The Mistery-bird Pouakai» (en inglés). The New Zealand Railways Magazine. Vol. 12. n.º 11. Consultado el 9 de junio de 2009.
  2. ↑ New Zealand Birds (2005). «Haast Eagle» (en inglés). Consultado el 9 de junio de 2009.
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