The Animals We Have Mistakenly Thought Of As Evil

In the mythology of New Zealand’s Maori people, night-time is associated with many terrors. One of those is the bone-chilling call of the Hakawai, a huge mythical bird with startling red, black and white feathers.

Although it is rarely seen, simply hearing it is bad enough – the sound alone has been thought by many to be a bad omen. Not long ago, if a Maori caught that dreadful sound, “hakwai, hakwai, hakwai,” quickly followed by a distinctive rushing noise, the hairs on the back of his neck might have stood up straight – and he would have run for his life.

Throughout human history, people have associated all kinds of animals, some real, some mythical, with evil. And there are still many examples of this today.

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