Pele: Goddess of Hawaii's Volcanoes - Softcover

Herb Kawainui Kane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0943357004 ISBN 13: 9780943357003

Publisher: The Kawainui Press, 1987

Synopsis

Myths, legends, romances and folktales of the most fascinating goddess of old Hawaii. Pele lives in Hawaiian hearts and minds as the personification of volcanic majesty and power. Having the power to create new land, she has a volcanic personality - an impetuous, lusty nature, jealous, unpredictable, capable of sudden fury and great violence. Yet she can also be gentle, loving and as serene as her forests of verns and flowering trees.

About this title

About the Author:

Herb Kawainui Kane (pronounced KAH-ney) is an artist-historian of Hawaii. Clients include many private collectors, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, The National Park Service, National Geographic Magazine and other major publishers. He has designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and foreign philatelic agencies. He served as designer and first captain of the voyaging canoe replica Hokulea, which has logged more than 60,000 miles, navigated without instruments. Named a Living Treasure of Hawaii, he was a founding director of the Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, and awarded the Charles Reed Bishop Medal from the Bishop Museum.

Review:

No reviews, however this little book has sold over 80,000 copies. No advertising but word of mouth. Increasing mail orders to Kawainui Press from the U.S. and overseas suggest that there appears to be a growing world interest in the overall concept of goddesses. -- From the Publisher

About this edition

• Publisher: The Kawainui Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0943357004
• ISBN 13: 9780943357003
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 63