aitu

Wondering how the wasted Stevenson could work so tirelessly, La Farge decided he must be an aitu, a Samoan devil spirit not bound by the laws of the flesh.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

Wondering how the wasted Stevenson could work so tirelessly, La Farge decided he must be an aitu, a Samoan devil spirit not bound by the laws of the flesh.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008

At his birth a Samoan was supposed to be taken under the care of some god, or _aitu_, as it was called.

Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before George Turner

I asked; "hast seen an _aitu vao_ (evil spirit of the forest)?"

The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884

"You know what an _aitu taliga_ is?" asked Lupton.

The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884

'True,' said the placid-minded Melanie; 'and even if she be as ugly as an _aitu_ (devil), yet will that fat-faced pig Lepeka die with envy to see a white lady a guest in my house.

Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884

And then he was an _aitu_ a devil, and could speak neither Samoan, nor Fijian, nor

Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884

Ina means moon; Ina-mae - aitu, the heroine of our story, means Ina-who-had-a-divine (aitu) lover, and she was the daughter of Kui, the blind.

Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878

The present king disowns indeed all knowledge of a dangerous aitu; he declares the souls of the unburied were only wanderers in limbo, lacking an entrance to the proper country of the dead, unhappy, nowise hurtful.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

In all these cases we may suppose the process, whether of cleansing or drying, to have fully exorcised the aitu.

In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872