Hawaiian Origins.
COMPARATIVE TRADITIONS OF VITI, FIJI, NEW ZEALAND, TONGA ISLANDS, MARQUESAS.
VITI[1]
In the Viti group the kings are called tui of the land over which they reign. In Tonga and some other of the Polynesian isles the highest chief is called tui. The Tui-Tonga family descended from the gods.
The Viti gods were in the following gradation: Lan-Hanalu (Polynesian, Kane?); Kalu, god of the kapu, there called “tambu;” the inferior gods were Kalu Niuza, Reizo, Vazugui-Berata, Vazugui-Ton-ha, Komei-Buni-Kura, Balu-Bunti, Leka, Uleguen-Buna, Banu-Be, Tambo-Kana-Lauhi, Buta-Guibalu, Dauzina, Komainen-Tulugubuca; the principal goddesses were Gulia-Zavazo, and Goli-Koro.
These gods inhabited a heaven called Numa-Lauhi. (What relation does that bear to the Nuumealani of the Hawaiians?)
Oudin-Hei, or Oudin-Hi, is the creator of heaven, earth and all the other gods. After death, every soul goes to join Oudin-Hei.
The Viti priests are called ambetti.