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To Peleby *shoomlah

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Offerings to Pele, the Hawai'ian Goddess of Fire, at Halema'uma'u in Volcano Nat'l Park; can everyone tell that that an unimaginably huge crater behind the offerings...?
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:iconwaruzimu:
~Waruzimu Oct 20, 2011
Pele is my favourite goddess.
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:iconchibidagger:
~Chibidagger Nov 21, 2006
Have you ever seen her "chair"? It's pretty cool.
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:icondaenerys240:
~Daenerys240 Jul 30, 2005
I used to live in Hawaii. I was told that Pele wouldn't harm you if you were kind to others and respectful of Nature. The stories they used to tell us about Pele scared me so bad when I was little! But, I'm not too worried now. Our house is pretty far away from the Volcano.
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~Hermaphroditus Jul 11, 2005
Ah, I remember visiting here, I remember the offerings, and I remember how beautiful it was. At night you could see the glowing from the lava flows in the active crater, it was like beautiful Pele's hair... Silly memories, yes, but this brings them all back, and I thank you. Magnificent job.
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*YelZamor Nov 4, 2004  Professional Digital Artist
...some interesting but useless trivia about the name 'Pele'

First of all, 'pele' means 'mouse' in Latvian...:batman:, which makes little sense, but meh+blah
Secondly... in Russian, there is a word 'pepel' ...which is KINDA similar to 'pele'. Pepel means 'ash'.

:blahblah: Thank you, I am here till Thursday...
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:iconhyena84:
~hyena84 Nov 3, 2004
I heard if you take a rock from one of the volcanios shes said to guard,you get cursed till you return the stolen rock and appologise...
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~fahrmboy Nov 3, 2004  Professional Photographer
That is so cool. :D

Were the offerings placed like that, because they're composed perfectly in this capture? :)
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~Daimera Nov 3, 2004
:D Pele pwns people who don't appease her. Just look out for an elderly woman with a small white dog by the side of the road... Mmmm, we have such interesting myth-related urban legends here in Hawaii. The Pele ones are quite compelling. That crater is only a monument to her power. ;D *shuts up*
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~Chewie- Nov 3, 2004
That's awesome!
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