Holo Mai Pele Hawaiian Culture Hawaiian Mythology The Hula The Story
 
Holo Mai Pele: The Story

  1. The Background of the Pele Legend
  2. The Story Begins
  3. Attacked by a Giant Reptile
  4. The 'Awa Drinking Ceremony
  5. Facing the Task Ahead
  6. Hi'iaka Receives a Rude Welcome
  1. Hi'iaka Learns the History of Pele
  2. The Resurrection of Lohi'au
  3. A Courtship Game Leads to Revenge
  4. Hi'iaka Prepares to Destroy Pele
  5. The Gods Intervene
  6. Hi'iaka Discovers Her Deity

Hi'iaka Discovers Her Deity

A truce is reached. Hi'iaka is now equal in power to her sister and takes her place in the realm of the gods. At the end of the story, she finds that she is as great a deity, as great a goddess as her sister Pele, who makes land. And they're able to match each other's skill and each other's god-like qualities.

Hi'iaka Discovers Her Deity

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E Kauilanuimakehaikalani
'Anapa i ka honua
Naue ka honua
Pa'a mai ka honua
Honua nui a Kane
'O ka honua a Kapakapaua a Kane
Moea ka honua nui a Kane
A ho'olewa ka honua a Kane
A lewa ka honua a Kane
A ala aku, a naue ke ola'i
Haku'i ke ola'i, naue ke ola'i
Naue ka honua a Kanepohaku
Kamohoali'i ke akua i ka lua nei
'O Ka'ulaokeahi la pili i ka pa'u
'O Ku'ulei, 'o Kukaiaka, 'o Leleiaka
'O Ku'ulei 'o Hi'iakaiku'upoli nei la
Aloha mai nei no e!
O Great Lightning Flashing in the Sky
Flashing on the earth
The earth reverberates
The earth is solid
The great earth of Kane
The earth that is Kapakapaua of Kane
The large earth of Kane presses forward
The earth of Kane floats
The earth of Kane is suspended
It rises, and the earthquake vibrates
It reverberates, it trembles
The earth, Kane's stone form, trembles
The god of this pit is Kamohoali'i
The redness of the fire adheres to this skirt
My beloved one who stands and leaps in the shadows
My favorite one is Hi'iaka of My Bosom
Greetings indeed!


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