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unauna priest was summoned to send the gods to go and impart sickness and death 

 upon the envied by another. 



This priest was one of the most dreaded of the priests of the order of priest- 

 hood. These priests were feared as much as the anaana and hoopiopio''* priests. If an 

 liooiinaiina jiriest was seen to enter a house, great a])prehension would come vipon some 

 people, because this class of priests in the order of priesthood was called "the priests of 

 Milu."'' 



45. OF THE HOOKOMOKOMO (ENTERING) PRIEST. 



This was one of the ]3riests enrolled as a class of the order of priesthood. The 

 calling of the hookonwkoino priest was the same as that of the hooinianna priest; the 

 former, however, did not relate very mvicli to the healing of tb.e sick. The ])rincipal 

 work of this priest consisted in taking the life of another, a sick ])erson ])erhaps, thus : 

 Su])posing that a person was envious of another, he then would summon an hookonio- 

 konio ])riest to impose death upon the envied one. 



The hookoniokonio priest had gods, in the same manner as the Jwouuauna priest. 

 He did not have any auguries as the medical ])riest had. The regular custom with him 

 was the use of the tra'ci. which was the only thing to be partaken of before the gods were 

 sent on their errand |of death]. 



46. OF THE MAKANI (MYSTIC ) PRIEST."" 



This was one of the divisions of the order of priesthood, relating to medical 

 priests. But it was not like the prophesying divisions regarding auguries: these the 

 mystic priest did not ])ossess, as the medical priest did. This ])riest had not even a 

 healing calling. Azva was the principal element with him, and what was mentioned 

 regarding the sending priest, the same applies to the mystic priests. 



DESCRIPTION OF A MYSTIC PRIEST. 



A mystic priest was either a male or a female, with an entire human body, but 

 who had no knowledge of healing. \\'hen a m}'stic spirit possessed a ])riest, then he is 

 called a inakani priest, and this power which was upon him told him what was neces- 

 sary for him to do, and according to its dictation others obeyed, if they were of the 

 sick. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE MYSTIC POWER WHICH POSSESSED A PRIEST. 



The mystic power spoken of as controlling this priest was an evil spirit, or an 

 ancestral god, and if it was not the latter that sat on the priest, then it was the spirit 

 of a man or a woman, or a young child who had died. 



For instance: When a mystic priest was summoned to come and examine a patient 

 he would first drink the awa. Then some people would remark: "Drink the azva to 

 strengthen the [power of | the spirits." For if the mystic priest did not drink the awa 



"'This was a division of sorcery liaving power to kill, thology, lord of the lower regions. ( Andrews' Die- 

 as in aiumiia. tionary.) Hence, priests of that realm. 



"■'Milu, the name of an ancient chief noted for his "Makani, or wind priest; sorcerers snpposed to pos- 



wickcdness on earth is now, according to Hawaiian my- sess directing power over mystic spirits. 



