Pele the Volcano Goddess
Name: Pele the Volcano
Goddess
Pantheon: Hawaiian Islands
Gender: Female
Known Aliases: The Woman who devours
the Trees
Associated: Lightning, Volcan
Classification: Patron Goddess
Period of Worship: Current
Her Abode: Halemaʻumaʻu
Weapons: the thunderbolt,
magma
Pele is a Hawaiian word for
volcanoes and the magma that flows from these volcanoes.
Pele volcano goddess in
Hawaiian mythology known for being unpredictable and liable for sudden
outbursts of anger. Traditionally she came from Tahiti expelled by her divine
brothers who could no longer put up with her insubordination.
She makes her way to Hawaii
and settles there.
In other myths she is the
creator of the Hawaiian Islands and this her epitaph “She who creates the sacred
lands.”
Pele is also called Hina ai malama
which means “She know who eats the moon” It is possible that she is the
Hawaiian form of the common Polynesian moon God Hina an both goddesses are also
in control of lightning.
she is a well-known deity
within Hawaiian mythology and is notable for her contemporary presence and
cultural influence as an enduring figure from ancient Hawaii.
