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Topic: Hiiaka


In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
 XV. Hiiaka Catching a Ghost
Hiiaka hastened after the ghost and drove it toward the house where the girls were living.
Hiiaka washed the body in the sea and then turned to look for the ghost, but it was running away as if carried by a whirlwind.
Hiiaka thrust out her "strong hand of Kilauea." This meant her power as one of the divine family living in the fire of the volcano.
www.sacred-texts.com /pac/hlov/hlov20.htm   (1090 words)

  
 XVI. Hiiaka and the Seacoast Kupuas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka, the sister of Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, by her magic power was able to find and destroy many of these mysterious monsters.
Hiiaka remembered that there were two dragons in the river Wailuku, a river of swift cascades and beautiful waterfalls near Hilo, so she turned back filled with the wish to destroy them and free the people from that danger.
Hiiaka struck the dragons with her magic skirt in which was concealed the divine power of lightning.
allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/pac/hlov/hlov21.htm   (1607 words)

  
 natashia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka, the goddess of lightning, was ordered by her sister, Pele, to deliver a message to the other side of the Big Island.
Hiiaka reassured her that she would be fine since Fern Maiden was coming with her.
Hiiaka kept watching the moon and saw that it was getting smaller and smaller which meant the 40 days were running out.
www.bonus.com /contour/Reef_Organisms/http@@/www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/Legends_of_Hawaii/natashia.htm   (549 words)

  
 XII. Hopoe, the Dancing Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka, like the other sisters, knew how uncertain Pele was in all her moods and how suddenly and unexpectedly her wrath would bring destruction upon anything appearing to oppose her.
Hiiaka, with a heavy heart, went on her journey, fearing that this smoke might be prophetic of the wrath of the goddess of fire visited at the suggestion of some sudden jealousy or suspicion upon Hopoe and her household.
Hiiaka fulfilled her mission patiently and faithfully, bringing Lohiau even from a grave in which he had been placed back to life and at last presenting him before Pele although all along the return journey she was filled with bitterness because of the injustice of Pele in dealing death to Hopoe.
allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/pac/hlov/hlov17.htm   (1442 words)

  
 XIV. How Hiiaka Found Wahine-omao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka was a goddess with an attendant from the old Hawaiian fairyland--the Guardian of Ferns.
While Hiiaka was journeying through the lower part of the forest which she had freed from (lemons, the Guardian of Ferns said: "I hear the grunting of a pig, but cannot tell whether it is before us or on one side.
Hiiaka told her to hurry on, saying: "If your purpose is strong to go with us, take your sacrifice pig to the woman of the pit.
allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/pac/hlov/hlov19.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Phases (dot) Org : Misc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But in order for her to do this favor, Hiiaka who loved the tropical flowers and the lush gardens, made Pele promise to tend those gardens in her absence.
Pele's anger grew greater and her fury became evidenced in the rumbles deep in the earth and with the plumes of fl acrid smoke atop the mountain.
Wanting to show her sister that she would not be defeated, Hiiaka went far down into the underworld to rescue the spirit of her new lover.
www.phases.org /index.cfm?doc=detail&id_content=77   (1939 words)

  
 WebRoots Library U.S. Folk-Lore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka made an incantation against these enemies: Night is at Pana-ewa and bitter is the storm; The branches of the trees are bent down; Rattling are the flowers and leaves of the lehua; Angrily growls the god Pana-ewa, Stirred up inside by his wrath.
Hiiaka greeted the stranger, "Love to you, O Wahine-omao." The woman replied: "It is strange that you two have my name while your eyes are unknown to me. What are your names and where do you go?" The sister of Pele concealed their names.
Hiiaka was crazed by the death of Lohiau.
www.webroots.org /library/usafolk/hlovhi03.html   (9540 words)

  
 Pele
Hiiaka, not about to lose to her angry sister, descended to the underworld to free Lohiou's soul.
When she arrived at the deepest circle of the underworld, the point at which the rivers of chaos were held back by a gate, it occurred to her that flooding the entire world would thoroughly extinguish Pele and her wrath.
Hiiaka, after freeing Lohiau's soul, determined to return to the surface and demand her lover from Pele.
www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/pele.html   (979 words)

  
 XIII. Hiiaka's Battle With Demons
HIIAKA, the youngest sister of Pele, the goddess of fire, is the central figure of many a beautiful Hawaiian myth.
Hiiaka's first test of patient endurance came in a battle with the kupuas of a forest lying between the volcano and the ocean.
Hiiaka told her friend to hold fast to her girdle while she led the way, sweeping aside the fog with her magic skirt.
www.sacred-texts.com /pac/hlov/hlov18.htm   (1515 words)

  
 Goddess of the month
Hiiaka was a kindly goddess, given to singing with the poet goddess Hopoe and to picking blossoms from the tropical trees.
Hiiaka descended to the underworld to free the man's soul.
Hiiaka was reunited with Lohaiu, and they returned to his country.
www.starfirescircle.com /goddess2.html   (798 words)

  
 Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii by Nathaniel B. Emerson
Hi‘iaka in the meantime, roams the Puna countryside and is enchanted by the many Lehua groves.
Always the obedient one, Hi‘iaka complies with her older sister’s request to fetch her dream-lover Lohiau from Kauai and to return him to Hawaii Island to be her husband.
As Hi‘iaka willingly undertakes the journey, which proves to be fraught with many obstacles and danger, so begins the epic tale of duty, honor, death, revival, passion, revenge, and finally, reconciliation.
www.booklineshawaii.com /book/bah/450801.html   (558 words)

  
 HIIAKA RESTORES LIFE
Hi'iaka is the goddess of healing, resurrection and protection.
Sometimes known as Hi'iaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele (Hiiaka in the bosom of Pele), she appears first as an egg and is guarded between Pele's breasts until born.
In one well-known story, Hi'iaka embarks on a dangerous mission out of her loving devotion to Pele, to retrieve Pele's lover Lohiau, the young chief of Kauai.
www.treemaui.com /zariah/hiika.html   (295 words)

  
 XI. Pele's Long Sleep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka moved softly about the head of her sister Pele, swaying a kahili fringed and beautiful.
Hiiaka knew that the time had come when she must arouse her goddess sister from that deep sleep.
She granted permission to Hiiaka to remain by the sea with her friend Hopoe, bathing and surf-riding until a messenger should be sent to call her home to Kilauea.
www.allstarz.org /religioustext/pac/hlov/hlov16.htm   (2993 words)

  
 Backyard Oahu - Kahekili (Hidden Valley / Makaua) Trail
As Hiiaka, the sister of the powerful volcano-goddess Pele, journeyed through the area, she saw the canine-like structure sitting at the base of the mountain.
Hiiaka's friend, Wahine'omao, who accompanied her told her the story of "Kauhi ke i maka o ka lani" - and that this rock structure was Kauhi and indeed one of their own kinship (supernatural beings).
Unfortunately, while Hiiaka did not want to upset Kauhi she also couldn't allow him to travel with her.
www.backyardoahu.com /mana3.htm   (743 words)

  
 HIIAKA : The deity from Oceanic Mythology
HIIAKA: Younger sister of PELE the Volcano Goddess.
HIIAKA used to run errands for her big sister and one day was sent off to fetch a handsome prince for matrimonial purposes.
The prince, being mortal, kept being killed and had to be re-constituted after each affray, with HIIAKA having to run around and catch his soul which kept turning into a butterfly, or smoke, or perfume.
www.godchecker.com /pantheon/oceanic-mythology.php?deity=HIIAKA   (243 words)

  
 Hiiaka House - Vacation House / Accommodations - Volcano Village, Big Island of Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hi`iaka House is nestled among tall sheltering trees in the heart of Volcano Village.
Built in 1939, Hi'iaka House historically was used for a vacation home in an area where many families kept a country house.
(The name hi`iaka is also given to a type of taro and also a type of sweet potato.) Why the house was named this is not known.
www.volcanoplaces.com /hiiaka/hiiakahouse.htm   (286 words)

  
 Pele
Hiiaka fled to the Underworld to free Lohiau's soul, deep into the place where the rivers of chaos were held back by a gate.
Hiiaka knew that the flooding of the world would extinguish Pele and her fury but her conscience kept her from doing such a deed.
Hiiaka returned to the surface and demanded her lover from Pele.
www.angelfire.com /realm2/amethystbt/pele.html   (680 words)

  
 Upper East Rift Zone
Hiiaka pit crater is in the east side of a larger collapse basin.
The faults extend from the East Rift Zone to the Southwest Rift Zone, a distance of 7.5 miles (12 km).
The most recent eruption at Hiiaka Crater was on November 16, 1979.
volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/Parks/hawaii/chain_crater/menu1.html   (1238 words)

  
 StarBulletin.com | Travel | /2006/01/01/
When Pele heard Hiiaka's voice calling to her from across the ocean, she bid Lohiau a tearful farewell, promising that she would send for him.
Hiiaka loved her life there -- fishing, playing in the ocean and learning ancient hula and lei-making with Hopoe.
When Hiiaka returned with Lohiau, she saw the devastation and knew Pele had not kept her part of the bargain.
starbulletin.com /2006/01/01/travel/tsutsumi.html   (1389 words)

  
 Hi`iaka's Healing Herb Garden and Ethnobotanical Hawaii Vacation Rental Cottage
Pele's beloved younger sister, Hi`iaka, was a gardener, an herbalist and a healer.
It is in Hi`iaka's honor that we have re-created a special healing garden.
It's a sacred space that enables us to teach about Hi`iaka and the hundreds of medicinal plants that we nurture, learn from and share with others who also love the `aina (land).
www.hiiakas.com   (266 words)

  
 Oahu : In Depth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Giving leis is a historic custom: According to chants, the first lei was given by Hiiaka, the sister of the volcano goddess, Pele.
Hiiaka presented Pele with a lei of lehua blossoms on a beach in Puna.
During ancient times, leis given to alii (royalty) were accompanied by a bow, since it was kapu (forbidden) for a commoner to raise his arms higher than the king's head.
www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=9&catID=0009010012   (393 words)

  
 Borders - 15-21 March 2006 - on the Equinox
The answer was a surly refusal, coupled with the remark that Hiiaka would better do her own fishing.
As the sister and representative of the proud god Pele, Hiiaka could not permit the insult to go unpunished.
As Hiiaka turned to depart, the unfortunate fishing women fainted and died.
www.vthawaii.com /WWP/Border/Border.html   (312 words)

  
 Hiiaka House
Hi'iaka House is nestled among tall sheltering trees in the heart of Volcano Village on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Hiiaka House is the 3rd house on the left.
There is a circular driveway, and the name "Hiiaka" is in large letters on the front of the house.
www.volcanogallery.com /hiiaka.htm   (566 words)

  
 Photographs of eruptions of Hi`iaka and Pauahi craters, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
This aerial view is toward the southwest across the shallow west pit of Hi`iaka Crater.
This aerial view is toward the southwest across the deep east pit of Hi`iaka Crater.
The shallow basin is paved with 1973 lava flows that poured into the east pit from fissures that opened immediately west of the Hi`iaka Crater.
hvo.wr.usgs.gov /gallery/kilauea/erz/hiiaka_erupt.html   (540 words)

  
 Hana Coast Gallery:Cyberspace Exhibition 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She then sent her sister, Hiiaka back to Kauai to tell betrothed she was ready.
People who had their origins in Southeast Asia had, through centuries, migrated to settle all of the Pacific Islands by means of their large seaworthy double hulled sailing canoes - most recently came Polynesians from the Marquesas and Tahiti to Hawaii.
According to very old Hawaiian legends, two girls, Hina and Hiiaka were attending a "luau" on the beach near Kilauea, Kauai.
www.hanacoast.com /Leach_Hawaii3.HTML   (1031 words)

  
 Welcome to the USS Davidson Reunion Website - Dedicated to the memory of the ship and the officers and men who sailed ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Leis are historically associated with the goddess Hiiaka, one of Pele’s sisters.
Hiiaka was the goddess of protection and mercy and often wore leis.
Each island has a special flower designated for it and Oahu’s is the ilima, a yellow flower similar to the feathers of an o’o bird.
www.ussdavidson.com /s_lei.shtml   (496 words)

  
 Ha'ena, Kaua'i - A Native Place: Sources and Links
Many traditional versions remain in the Hawaiian language newspapers and are not readily accessible to the average reader.
In this article, Charlot discusses the different Hawaiian-language versions of the story, and remarks that the one by William Hyde Rice is the one most clearly rooted in Kaua‘i tradition.
Emerson, Nathaniel B. Pele and Hiiaka : a myth from Hawaii.
www.pacificworlds.com /haena/native/sources2.cfm   (372 words)

  
 About the Kaanapali Beach Hotel, Maui, Hawaii
It is her dream to establish a Hawaiian cultural center on her ancestral land in Waiehu.
In 1976 she founded her halau, Pau O Hiiaka; she a master kumu hula as well as a respected mele and chant composer.
Pau O Hiiaka focuses on hula kahiko and the study of Hawaiian culture.
www.kbhmaui.com /about/hokulani2004.html   (270 words)

  
 Hawaiian Legends - 1st Sampler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hiiaka met Wahini-omao along the way and together they experienced many adventures.
Unfortunately, Lohiau and Hiiaka fell in love, and before Pele's very eyes, they embraced and declared their love for one another.
In ancient times in Kaa on Lanai, the prophet Kawelo kept a constant fire in an altar to insure that the people would always have pig, dog and taro to eat.
www.hanacoast.com /Leach_Hawaii2.HTML   (1034 words)

  
 Chain of Craters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Chain of Craters is made up of Hiiaka Crater, Pauahi Crater, Puu Huluhulu, Kane Nui O Hamo, Makaopuhi Crater, and Napau Crater.
Pu'u Huluhulu is a 400-600 year old spatter cone, and is 60 m high.
Hiiaka is a sister of the Hawaiian fire goddess Pele.
www.lapietra.edu /scienceweb/Kilauea2004/sites/11/craters2.html   (266 words)

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