Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi Pacific Island activities

activities

Illustrated by Mollie Ginther

Author Karyn Hopper

place and community-based

"community is not defined by delineating boundaries

Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi Pacific Island activitiesThe ancient legends of Hawaii tell how Pele came to the islands from far across the sea. After traveling from north to south, testing each of the islands for a home suitable for herself and her family she took up her abode in Halemaumau Crater at the summit of Kilauea on the island of Hawaii. To the Hawaiians of old she was a living deity. Today Pele personifies the volcano to visitors and residents, showing her capriciousness and power while both