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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 4 — PREFACE. (continued 3)

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The priesthood spoken of here in Hawaii relates to a man or a woman who comprehended its characteristics. There are ten divisions in the Order of Priesthood, the Anaana (praying to death); Hoopiopio (sorcery); Hoounauna (the sending of evil spirits on errands of death); Hookomokomo (causing sickness); Poi-Uhane (spirit entrapping); Oneoneihonua (a special prayer service); Kilokilo (divination); Nanauli (weather prophecy); Lapaau (medical practice), and Kuhikuhi puuone (heiau locators and designers).4 When all these divisions were vested together in one man he was called a high priest, because he had knowledge of all the offices. If a person possessed but one calling, though he excelled in the power he was invested with, he was not considered a high priest.

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