The Slayer

Entered as a deity (a war/murder kalou). The reduplicated name from ravu ('to club, to kill') is genuine Fijian and fixes him squarely in the war complex. Kinless in the record — see SOLITARY flag. The 'priests who eat rocks' detail is part of his cult lore.

Domains

• war
• murder and bloodshed

Powers

• lies in wait and clubs his victims
• whitens any who tread his footprints or sit his stone

Sources

• Williams, Thomas. Fiji and the Fijians, Vol. 1 (1858)
• Thomson, Basil. The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom (1908), on the war-cults and their priests