Poliʻahu
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed In Hawaiian mythology, PoliTemplate:Okinaahu (Cloaked bosom or temple bosom)<ref>[ ihttps://keolamagazine.com/culture/myths-legends-mauna-kea/ Myths and Legends of Mauna Kea]</ref> is one of the four goddesses of snow, all enemies of Pele. She was thought to reside on Mauna Kea, which if measured from the seafloor is the world's tallest mountain.
Legends
Aiwohikupua
PoliTemplate:Okinaahu met the [[ali'i|aliTemplate:Okinai]] Aiwohikupua on the Eastern slope of Mauna Kea. The two fell in love and Aiwohikupua took PoliTemplate:Okinaahu home to his native [[Kauai|KauaTemplate:Okinai]]. There PoliTemplate:Okinaahu discovered that the aliTemplate:Okinai was already betrothed to a princess of Maui. PoliTemplate:Okinaahu left in dismay, but managed to first curse the betrothed. She first chilled the princess of Maui to the bone, then turned the cold into heat.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Finally, the princess gave up and left him. Later PoliTemplate:Okinaahu similarly cursed Aiwohikupua, freezing him to death. The four goddesses are defined by their otherworldly beauty. PoliTemplate:Okinaahu is noted as Hawaii's most beautiful goddess.
PoliTemplate:Okinaahu and Pele
PoliTemplate:Okinaahu also engineered Hawaii's Hāmākua Coast.
PoliTemplate:Okinaahu mingled with humans on the East slope of Mauna Kea. One day, while hōlua sledding with mortals, PoliTemplate:Okinaahu was joined by a beautiful stranger who challenged her. The stranger had no sled, so she borrowed one to run against PoliTemplate:Okinaahu.
In the first run, PoliTemplate:Okinaahu easily passed the stranger. Graciously, PoliTemplate:Okinaahu exchanged sleds with the stranger, before winning again. On the third run, the stranger tried to prevent PoliTemplate:Okinaahu from winning by opening lava streams in front of her, revealing herself as the volcano goddess Pele.
PoliTemplate:Okinaahu ran towards the top of the mountain, reeling from Pele's attack. Once she regained her composure, PoliTemplate:Okinaahu 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 PoliTemplate:Okinaahu on the northern end of the island.