The Hawaiian goddess of fire is called
Pele Honuamea: She who shapes the sacred land.
Ka Wahine ai Honua: the Woman who devours the earth.
Pele: bringer of death, giver of life. She is the unstoppable rapture of Nature and the wild soul of you and me. Feeling everything and fearing nothing, she doesn’t hold back, and cannot be controlled or contained.
Pele does not aim to please. She is transformative, not nurturing. She can wait a hundred years, or erupt right now. Unpredictable, messy, passionate, and emotional, Pele rages and revels. In her wake the new, living, fertile earth is born.