Just as there is a fine art to spinning cotton candy ... the Halema‘uma‘u pit crater of the volcano Kīlauea is the final resting place of Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes. (CC BY-SA ...

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 ...

The late Herb Kane, acclaimed artist and Hawaiian historian, wrote in his book, “Pele: Goddess of Hawaii’s Volcanoes,” that it’s possible the belief grew from confrontations between ...

Legend has it that Pele, goddess of fire and volcanoes, is so angered when the rocks (which she sees as her children) are taken from her that she exacts a terrible revenge on the thief.

Many Hawaiians call the goddess Madame Pele or Tutu Pele, using an affectionate term for grandmother while making it implicitly clear they are Pele’s descendants. Legends vary as to her origins ...

As molten lava continues its relentless, unstoppable flow down the Kilauea volcano, many on Hawaii's Big Island are looking to the ancient volcano goddess Pele for protection. As molten lava ...

"Pele has given the grace of quiet to us today ... He took it for granted they all knew he was talking about the legendary goddess that lives in the Halemaumau crater of Kilauea, which has ...

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 ...