As Hawaii endures a week-long eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island, native Hawaiians have an idea of who might be behind it all: Pele, the honored female deity of fire.

Pele is considered the Hawaiian fire goddess, and the daughter of Haumea, the earth mother. According to Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa, a professor at the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, ...

Pelehonuamea, or Pele as she is more commonly known, is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanos. Passionate and moody, legend has it that she lives at the summit on Kilauea.

Folklore tells us that the goddess Poliʻahu, the deity of snow whose domain is atop Mauna Kea, had battled Pele.. Poliʻahu was participating in her favorite sport of hōlua, or sledding, when ...

Both Pele’s hair and Pele’s tears take their name from the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire: Pelehonuamea, “She who shapes the sacred land”, who is believed to reside beneath the summit of the ...

In Hawaiian culture, Pele is the goddess of volcanoes, fire, and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. “I don’t come from the family of Pele where we actually worship Pele,” Cazimero said ...

Lei and the Fire Goddess Malia Maunakea. Penguin Workshop, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-5935-2203-5 ...

As Hawaii endures a week-long eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island, some Hawaiians have an idea of who might be behind it all: Pele, the honored female deity of fire. Pele is ...