Waiet — known as Naga, Wayath or Uiat in the western and central islands and as Waiet in the east — was a wandering hero-god whose cult was concerned with fertility, eroticism and death. Traditions trace his path along a route of some two hundred kilometres, from Woeydhul in the west to the crescent volcanic islet of Waier at the eastern edge of the strait, carrying with him exotic stones that he set down to mark sacred places. On Waier he established his shrine, or zogo, where a carved image of the god was kept and rites performed; archaeological work on the surviving shell installations there suggests the cult belongs to a comparatively recent phase of Islander ritual, within the last few centuries, and probably reached the strait from the Papuan coast by way of Mabuiag. Sources differ on whether the western Naga and the eastern Waiet were a single travelling deity or related figures whose stories were joined along the pathway.