Pele
Pele
Pele - inner strand: fire coral branches (pendant measures 3.75" L); peach moonstone beads; and carnelian beads and stars. Outer strand: silverplated spacer beads and carved horn points. The joining beads are also carved horn, and the back beads are peach moonstone and silverplated beads.
The inner stand measure approx. 24" L.
"Pele is a Polyneisan/Hawaiian Goddess of fire; earth and nature; disorder; ceremonies; love and sexuality; beauty; ugliness
Goddess of volcanic fire. Below the earth, Pele has light but no fire; as she leaves the earth, she erupts with much fire." - Goddesss in World Mythology: a Biographical Dictionary, by Martha Ann & Dorothy Myers Imel, pg 458
It seems to me that she is a Goddess of dualities, as is this piece - fire and water; day and night (sun and moon)...feel the power of the Goddess within...