Editing Kahuna (section)

=== ''Kahuna nui'' ===
According to Fornander, there are ten colleges or branches of the Hawaiian priesthood:<ref name="Fornander1920">{{cite book|author=Abraham Fornander|title=Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dNbjQ1DBB0C&pg=PA323|year=1920|publisher=Bishop Museum Press|page=323}}</ref>

* {{lang|haw|{{okina}}Anā{{okina}}anā}}, {{lang|haw|Ho{{okina}}opiopio}}, and {{lang|haw|Ho{{okina}}ounāunā}} were said to practice [[Magic (supernatural)|sorcery]], to bring death or injury to others by means of prayer.<ref name="Fornander1920" />
* {{lang|haw|Ho{{okina}}okomokomo}} and {{lang|haw|Po{{okina}}i {{okina}}Uhane}} were said to use spirits for [[divination]] and [[spirit possession]].<ref name="Fornander1920" /><ref name="HandyDavis2012">{{cite book|author1=E. S. Craighill Handy|author2=Davis|title=Ancient Hawaiian Civilization: A Series of Lectures Delivered at The Kamehameha Schools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoXQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT252|date=2012-12-21|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-0438-9|pages=252}}</ref>
* {{lang|haw|Lapa{{okina}}au}}: one who practices medicinal healing.<ref name="Lapaau">{{cite web|title=About La{{okina}}au Lapa{{okina}}au, and Lapaau.org|url=http://lapaau.org/about/|website=lapaau.org|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* {{lang|haw|Kuhikuhi pu{{okina}}uone}} ({{lit|to direct divination}}): one who locates the site for the construction of {{lang|haw|[[heiau]]}}, or temples.<ref name="kuhikuhi definition">{{cite web|title=Page 173 kū.hala.kai – kū.hipa|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc211.pdf|website=Ulukau: The Hawaii Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* {{lang|haw|Kilokilo}}: one who divines and predicts future events, a [[prophet]].<ref name="definition for kilokilo">{{cite web|title=Page 446 fond – founder|url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0ped-000sec--11en-50-20-frameset-search-kilokilo-1-010escapewin&a=d&d=D0.4.6.7&toc=0|website=Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>
* {{lang|haw|Nānāuli}}: [[soothsaying|soothsayers]], diviners, prophets.<ref name="Fornander1920" />

To master all ten branches made one a {{lang|haw|kahuna nui}} or [[high priest]].<ref name="Fornander1920" /> {{lang|haw|Kahuna nui}} usually lived in places such as [[Waimea Valley]], which is known as the Valley of the Priests. They were given slices of land that spanned from the mountain to the sea.<ref name="Valley_of_the_Priests">{{cite web |title=Waimea Valley |url=http://www.hawaiipictureoftheday.com/waimea-valley/ |website=Hawaii.com |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="waimeavalley">{{cite web|title=History of Waimea Valley|url=https://www.waimeavalley.net/about/view/history-of-waimea-valley-botanical-gardens|website=Waimeavalley.net|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Hewahewa]], a direct descendant of [[Pa{{okina}}ao]], was a {{lang|haw|kahuna nui}} to [[Kamehameha I]]. A contemporary, [[Leimomi Mo{{okina}}okini Lum]] is a {{lang|haw|kahuna nui}}.<ref name="Hokulea">{{cite web|title=Pa{{okina}}ao From Thrum, Emerson, and Kamakau|url=http://archive.hokulea.com/ike/moolelo/paao.html|website=Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="BizJournal_2004">{{cite news|title=Big Island heiau to host celebration of stewardship|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/06/14/daily81.html|access-date=28 May 2018|work=Bizjournal|date=June 20, 2004}}</ref> [[David Kaonohiokala Bray]] was a well-known {{lang|haw|kahuna}}.<ref name="Heinze1991">{{cite book|author=Ruth-Inge Heinze|title=Shamans of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V0KP78wyP0cC&pg=PA42|year=1991|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8290-2459-3|page=44}}</ref>

King [[Kamehameha IV]], in his translation of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', used the term {{lang|haw|kahuna}} to refer to [[Anglican]] priests, and {{lang|haw|kahunapule}} to refer to both [[laity|lay]] and [[ordained]] Anglican ministers.{{cn|date=May 2023}}