Hau is a notion made popular by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss in his 1925 book The Gift.1 Surveying the practice of gifting, he came to the conclusion that it involved belief in a force binding the receiver and giver. The term ‘Hau’, used by Māori, became a paradigmatic example for such a view. --- Hau (anthropology) - Wikipedia
- (DeepL) Howe is a concept proposed by the French anthropologist Marcel Mauss in his 1925 book “The Theory of Gifts. The term “howe” as used by the Maori became a classic example of such a concept.
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Howe’s spell power. Spirit of Howe
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