Item #E27639 Pele The Fire Goddess. Dietrich Varez, Pua Kanaka'ole Kanahele, Dietrich Vares, text.

Pele The Fire Goddess

Bishop Museum Press, 1993. Second printing. Hardcover. Slim oversized hardcover. Unpaginated (48 pp.) Illustrated with striking linocuts by Varez. Fine in fine dust jacket. Very difficult to find in hardcover. Simple yet powerful redering of a classic Hawaiian myth, the story of Pele, recognized after her village birth by the elders to be different from all other children. She had been born during a great storm, taught by an uncle the secret of fire, was forced from her home, and journied to the crater of Halema'uma'u. Fine / fine. Item #E27639
ISBN: 0930897528

Price: $13.50

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