Maero

Maero
a.k.a.	Maeroero, mohoao
Country	New Zealand

Maero (maeroero, mohoao) is a wild man of the woods figure of Maori origin, the name said to mean "different, other, stranger".^[L] It is described as being "covered with long coarse hair flowing from his head and back to his heels"^[T] and as having long fingers with long, sharp nails that are used for hunting.^[L]

Reading

• Lesson, Pierre Adolphe (1882) (in French), Les Polynésiens: Leur Origine, Leurs Migrations, Leur Langage, 3, Paris: E. Leroux, p. 492-493, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxcpqq&view=1up&seq=9 
• Tregear, Edward (1904) (in English), The Maori Race, Wanganui, N.Z.: A.D. Willis, p. 572, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044043434265&view=1up&seq=632