From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliahu
"Poliʻahu also engineered Hawaii's Hāmākua Coast.
Poliʻahu mingled with humans on the East slope of Mauna Kea. One day, while hōlua sledding with mortals, Poliʻahu was joined by a beautiful stranger who challenged her. The stranger had no sled, so she borrowed one to run against Poliʻahu.
In the first run, Poliʻahu easily passed the stranger. Graciously, Poliʻahu exchanged sleds with the stranger, before winning again. On the third run, the stranger tried to prevent Poliʻahu from winning by opening lava streams in front of her, revealing herself as volcano goddess Pele.
Poliʻahu ran towards the top of the mountain, reeling from Pele's attack. Once she regained her composure, Poliʻahu threw snow at the lava and froze it, confining it to the island's Southern end. To this day, Pele is said to rule Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, but must submit to Poliʻahu on the northern end of the island."
This painting of two goddesses facing of was completed in 2002.
Dietrich Varez personally signs each of his laser colored images. Paper size is 8.5" x 11" with image size smaller. Your print of ‘Pele And Poliahu' comes packaged flat in a cardboard sleeve with Dietrich’s biography.
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2011.
