Arosi

Arosi religion is the traditional belief of the Arosi of western Makira (San Cristobal) in the Solomon Islands. Its chief god was Agunua, also called Hatuibwari, a cosmic serpent and god of the sea, of whom all other gods were held to be aspects. The first coconut of each tree was sacred to him, and he was asked for health and rich harvests.

Each person had two souls: the benevolent aunga, which left at death, and the malignant adaro, which stayed. Adaro ghosts could enter an animal, a tree or a stone, and with the right entreaties they could be commanded to kill or maim the living from afar. Spaniards under Alvaro de Mendana sighted Makira in 1568.