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Pele, Hawaiian Goddess of Fire: A Journey Across the Islands

Pele, Hawaiian Goddess of Fire: A Journey Across the Islands

Why do visitors mail lava rocks back to Hawaiʻi and what does that have to do with Pele?

A package arrives filled with volcanic rocks and a worried note asking for them to be returned. The sender believes they have experienced “Pele’s curse.” But where did that belief come from, and how does it compare with traditional Hawaiian stories?

Join Laura on Faithfully Explore! for a journey across the Hawaiian Islands to meet Pele, the revered goddess of fire and volcanoes. Follow her search for a home as her sea-goddess sister sends waves…

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