The other soul was free to roam about and return to it again. The kilo uhane could see the free soul. He would inform a potential client that his free spirit was troubled, then prescribe an elaborate set of rituals and prayers. The po'i-uhane could capture the free spirit within a calabash, or gourd. Astrologers studied the heavens to predict the fortunes of various chiefs.
Ancestry determines the amount of power a god or goddess wields.
Teave is at the top of the heirarchy. He was the original spirit from which all of the other gods and goddesses descended. The structure of the kahuna or priesthood also reflected this trend. Within the kahuna , there were different classes, which were further divided by jobs.