muri in Podcasts
conceptThe Maori word meaning 'life principle' or 'vital essence', used to describe the river's spiritual and physical entity.
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Nature in Crisis: ‘Is a River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane
The Maori word that recurs in the act when describing the river is muri, synonymous with Morris and Ruri's term mauri, both of which translate as, quote, life principle, vital essence, the essential quality and vitality of a being or entity.