
Tag: Kilauea
Hawai’i Fire Goddess
Tutu Pele came from Tahiti
From the land of Borabora
From the red rainbow of Kane
From the blazing clouds in the sky
From the clouds of Tahiti
Tutu Pele is most active in Hawai’i
Tutu (with dashes over the u’s) in Hawaiian is a term of respect for a woman. It is commonly used by locals in place of “Grandma.” Tutu Pele is the volcano goddess of Hawai’i. She is the most important of the lesser gods. The Hawaiians themselves apparently came from Tahiti to Hawai’i in the 5th C. The navigational skills of the Polynesian sailors were far superior to those of the Spanish explorers who hugged the coastline when they explored the Pacific in the 16th C. The Polynesian Voyaging Society has proven and demonstrated how Poynesians were able to find all their island needles in the vast Pacific haystack using an encyclopedic knowledge of natural things instead of European instruments. Continue reading “Hawai’i Fire Goddess”