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"We spoke very little, and quietly, because the Crater was our Temple, and we were close to God and His spirits up there. When we saw ourselves in the Aka-ku-'anue-nue (Spectre of the Brocken - circular rainbow, in the center of which is the shadow of the person seeing it) we felt blessed in knowing that the halo-rainbow with our shadow meant we were seeing our souls." - Inez MacPhee Ashdown
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"In the Mahele (legends and creation) we learn not only of Maui and Pele and creation, but about the family which includes Poli-ahu of the snows who still dwells on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on Hawaii, and her sister Lili-no-e of the mists, and their relative Liu-La (Twilight), and Ke Kona who rules the southern storms, and Nau-lu, who rules the sudden showers and 'liquid sunshine,' and 'U-kiu-kiu rules the northern storms, and all the others too numerous to mention here. Their pathway is the Puka-lani, which is the division space between the cloudbanks of 'U-kui-ku and Nau'lu on the slopes of Hale'akala." - Inez MacPhee Ashdown
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"When we found the 'Awaloa (burial places) caved-in or otherwise opened, we covered them again and hid the openings. Till today I shall keep the secrets of those places, and hope that others will protect them and all sites dear to the minds, hearts and hands of our ancestors on Maui." - Inez MacPhee Ashdown
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Silversword
"Of course we consider the Hina-hina (Silversword) to be sacred and magical, so protected it in every way..." Inez MacPhee Ashdown
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A Dragon in the Mist
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Invoking the Gods
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