Poliahu : snow goddess of Mauna Kea
- Author:
- Melvin, Deborah
- Title:
- Poliahu : snow goddess of Mauna Kea
- Periodical:
- Spirit of Aloha
- Year:
- 1988
- Volume:
- 13
- Pages:
- 51
- Subject:
- Hawaiian goddesses Legends Poliahu Pele
- Summary:
- This legend tells of a sledding, (holua), competition that occurred during a Hamakua sporting festival between Poliahu, Goddess of the Snow, and Pele, the Goddess of Fire. It describes how the earth quaked and shook with the violence of fire and snow as the goddesses of ice and fire battled for the supremacy of Mauna Kea. It is said that while Pele rules the southern half of the island of Hawaii, the kingdom of the north will always belong to Poliahu.
- Label:
- Legends - Mauna Kea
- Date:
- 1988
- Collection:
- Periodicals