Hi'iaka and Lohi'au by Herb Kane    More about theArtist

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Kanemiloha'i and Lohi'au Pele had fallen in love with Lohi?au who lived on the island of Kaua?i. She sent her sister Hi?iaka as a messenger to bring him back to the island of Hawaii. Pele was not eager to send her favorite sister on such a dangerous quest, nor was Hi?iaka eager to leave the sacred groves of flowering ??hi?a-lehua trees and ferns where she danced with her friend Hopoe, a beautiful spirit of the forest. But Pele was filled with ardent desire for Lohi?au. Fearing that Lohi?au might be attracted to here sister, Pele exacted a promise from Hi?iaka to refrain from giving him any encouragement. In return, Hi?iaka made Pele promise not to harm her beloved groves or her friend Hopoe while she was away. Hi?iaka traveled to Kaua?i, had many adventures and was returning with Lohi?au. But the forty days that Pele had allotted for the entire journey had passed, and Pele, fearing that her sister may have betrayed her with Lohi?au, grew increasingly anxious and jealous with each passing day. At last she became convinced that Hi?iaka had been unfaithful to her trust, and in a great rage she destroyed Hi?iaka?s ??hi?a-lehua groves and her friend Hopoe in a torrent of lava. Although Hi?iaka and Lohi?au were strongly attracted to each other, Hi?iaka had remained loyal to Pele and steadfastly refused his embraces. Not until they approached Hawai?i, and she saw her groves blackened and destroyed and the body of her friend covered by lava, did she know that Pele had betrayed her. Overcome with grief, she took immediate revenge by embracing Lohi?au in full view of her sister. Stung to a fury, Pele attacked with fire and lava. Hi?iaka, having the power of a goddess, could not be hurt, but the mortal Lohi?au was killed. It happened that a brother of Pele, K?ne-milo-ha?i, was sailing from Tahiti. Approaching Hawai?i he saw Lohi?au?s spirit fluttering over the water on the flight which the spirits of the dead all make back to the ancestral homeland. Turning his canoe, K?ne-milo-ha?i reached out, caught the spirit and brought it back to Hawai?i. Here he found Lohi?au?s body and restored it to life. On the island of Oahu, Hi?iaka and Lohi?au were reunited, and together they returned to Kaua?i. Page 24: Pele: Goddess of Hawai?i?s Volcanoes by Herb Kawainui Kane Number: 251, Collection of William and Kahala-Ann Trask Gibson. Photomural at the Thomas A. Jaggar Museum, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Keywords: FRAME YOUR PRINT?... related items, available frames:^~Want more info. about the image?