Pele, the Fire Goddess, told by Dietrich Varez and Pua Kanaka‘ole Kanahele, is a simple yet powerful rendering of a classic Hawaiian myth. From its mysterious beginning to its dramatic ending, this authentic narrative retains the spellbinding quality of a story that has been told over the centurie [...]
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Ho`oulumahiehie’s Hawaiian version of this grand tale makes up one volume of this pair of wonderful books, its companion text a full English translation by Puakea Nogelmeier. Each 500-page hardcover volume is the complete narrative of the tale, articulated with over 300 chants, and enhanced with an afterword, commentary and multiple indexes in the language of each text.

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