01-29-2014, 12:20 PM
Magnificent! Mahalo for the info and links. Poli'ahu, she is something!
Perhaps of interest:
Poli'ahu - The icy goddess of Mauna Kea was not easy for swains to approach.
Poli`ahu, whose name means “cloaked bosom,” or “temple bosom,” is a legendary daughter of Wakea who dwells at the summit of Mauna Kea. As the chill snow goddess, she is the antithesis of her fiery arch-rival, Pele.
It is Poli`ahu who spreads her beautiful white kapa across the summit of Mauna Kea in the winter, and adorns the mountain with her pink and gold cloak in the summer.
She is the goddess of Mauna o Wakea (today often called Mauna Kea), snow, ice, and cold. The summit of Mauna Loa also is hers, though she occasionally still has arguments with Pele regarding that. She is the eldest daughter of Kane. Her younger sisters are her ladies in waiting. Many men have pursued her.
http://www.kaahelehawaii.com/pages/culture_Poliahu.htm
(*One of the legends of Poli'ahu is below the interpretation of the song Frank Kawai Hewett wrote. The legend is the same our kupuna shared. JMO.)
http://www.huapala.org/Po/Poliahu.html
Perhaps of interest:
Poli'ahu - The icy goddess of Mauna Kea was not easy for swains to approach.
Poli`ahu, whose name means “cloaked bosom,” or “temple bosom,” is a legendary daughter of Wakea who dwells at the summit of Mauna Kea. As the chill snow goddess, she is the antithesis of her fiery arch-rival, Pele.
It is Poli`ahu who spreads her beautiful white kapa across the summit of Mauna Kea in the winter, and adorns the mountain with her pink and gold cloak in the summer.
She is the goddess of Mauna o Wakea (today often called Mauna Kea), snow, ice, and cold. The summit of Mauna Loa also is hers, though she occasionally still has arguments with Pele regarding that. She is the eldest daughter of Kane. Her younger sisters are her ladies in waiting. Many men have pursued her.
http://www.kaahelehawaii.com/pages/culture_Poliahu.htm
(*One of the legends of Poli'ahu is below the interpretation of the song Frank Kawai Hewett wrote. The legend is the same our kupuna shared. JMO.)
http://www.huapala.org/Po/Poliahu.html