It is the family of Maui, probably of Maui-hope, the last of the seven children of Hina,[8] the same who captured the sea-monster Piimoe.

The origin of this race, to which Naihe of Kohala pretends to belong, is fabulous.

Since the reign of Kamehameha, the priests of the order of Maui have lost favor.
The second class of the clergy was composed of the prophets (_Kaula_), an inoffensive and very respectable people, who gave vent to their inspiration from time to time in unexpected and uncalled-for prophesies.
The third order of the clergy is that of _Kilo_, diviners or magicians.
With these may be classed the _Kilokilo_, the _Kahunalapaau_ and _Kahunaanaana_, a sort of doctors regarded as sorcerers, to whom was attributed the power of putting to death by sorcery and witchcraft.[9] The Kahunaanaana and the Kahunalapaau have never been considered as belonging to the high caste of Kahuna maoli.
The Kahunaanaana, or sorcerers, inherited their functions.

They were thoroughly detested, and the people feared them, and do to this day.

When the chiefs were dissatisfied with a sorcerer, they had his head cut off with a stone axe (_koipohaku_), or cast him from the top of a pali.
The doctors were of two kinds.