Published 09/29/2007 - 2:16 p.m. CDT
According to one Hawaiian legend, Pele, goddess of fire, was routed
from her original home on the small island of Ni’ihua and chased
from place to place by the goddess of the sea, creating an arc of
islands as she went. At last, Pele found a place where she could
settle: in the Kilauea caldera on the big island of Hawai’i.