Burotu
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In the Melanesian mythology of Fiji, Burotu is the paradise-underworld. Newly dead souls are judged by Degei, and a few go to Burotu. The rest go to Murimuria.
[edit] See also
- Bulu, said to be the name for the Fijian 'land of death'.
- Pulotu, a similar concept in the Polynesian cultures of Tonga and Samoa
[edit] References
- T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, Heylin, 1858.
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