Mount Kilauea: Burning With the Fire of Hawaiian Mythology


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The Major Island is house to several areas of volcanic activity, including one of the world's most active volcanoes: Mount Kilauea. This astounding location has a lengthy history of erupting, and an even longer history within Hawaiian folklore. In reality, native Hawaiians may lead you to believe that the characters of this folklore are the rather identical forces that drive such scorching activity both to this day and in centuries long considering that past.

Kilauea has been in a state of constant activity for hundreds of years, but violent eruptions are far and few between. The earliest eruption on written record was stated to occur back in 1820. Even before notes of the eruptions were transcribed, the volcano had a history of reigning fire. Sometime in 1790, Kilauea is stated to have erupted forcefully, killing a group of Hawaiian warriors and their families. These same warriors had been reportedly followers of Keōua Kuahuula, who was the last chief on the Significant Island to hold out against Kamehameha the 1st's unification of the island of Hawaii, on his way to conquering all of the .

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A further noteworthy early nineteenth century individual associated with this impressive volcano is Admiral Lord Byron. Byron, who was the cousin of the famous poet of the identical name, (minus the "Admiral") spent some time at Kilauea, camping at a coordinates that can nonetheless be found today recognized as Byron's Ledge. We may assume that this extra recent lord felt comparable to his elder cousin, retreating to the slopes of Kilauea for the reason that he "love[s] not man the less, but Nature even more."



















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