aurumanu

Updated: June 12, 2025

Another Chief vindicated himself and others thus: "Karapanamun, the Aurumanu or great Evil Spirit of Tanna, whom we all fear and worship, is causing these troubles; for he knows that if we become worshipers of your Jehovah God, we cannot continue to fear him, or present him with the best of everything, as our forefathers have always done; he is angry at you and at us all."

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals