Burotu
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.[1]
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
References[]
- ^ T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, Heylin, 1858.
Categories:
- Fijian mythology
- Afterlife places
- Conceptions of heaven
- Underworld
- Fiji stubs