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Pele: Goddess of Hawaii's Volcanoes
by Herb Kawainui Kane
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ISBN: 0943357012
Format: Softcover, 64 pages
Pub. Date: December 1987
Pub.: Kawainui Press
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Synopsis:
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Myths, legends, romances and
folktales of the most fascinating goddess of old Hawaii. Pele lives in Hawaiian
hearts and minds as the personification of volcanic majesty and power. Having
the power to create new land, she has a volcanic personality - an impetuous,
lusty nature, jealous, unpredictable, capable of sudden fury and great violence.
Yet she can also be gentle, loving and as serene as her forests of ferns and
flowering trees.
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About the Author:
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Herb Kawainui Kane (pronounced
KAH-ney) is an artist-historian of Hawaii. Clients include many private
collectors, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, The National Park
Service, National Geographic Magazine and other major publishers. He has
designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and foreign philatelic agencies. He
served as designer and first captain of the voyaging canoe replica Hokulea,
which has logged more than 60,000 miles, navigated without instruments. Named a
Living Treasure of Hawaii, he was a founding director of the Native Hawaiian
Culture & Arts Program, and awarded the Charles Reed Bishop Medal from the
Bishop Museum.
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