Pele once again went into her canoe and set off for the island of Maui. There she found a huge crater called Haleakala meaning the House of the Sun. Pele tried to use her magic digging stick, Pa`oa, to find the fires deep within the center of the earth. She found some fire but quickly got cold because Haleakala was so big.
Meanwhile her sister, Namaka, who had followed her during her voyage from Tahiti, saw the smoke rising from the crater and with her vicious sea monsters attacked Pele. They tore Pele's body apart and threw her pieces into a pile. The pile was named Na iwi o Pele, meaning the bones of Pele. Namaka felt victorious and proclaimed that she has finally killed Pele.
But one of Pele's brothers, Kanemiloha`i, pointed to the sky above Moana Loa and Mauna Kea, the two high peaks on the Big Island of Hawai`i. There glowing in the sky was Pele's spirit body! Namaka tried to chase after her, but Kanamiloha`i declared, "Pele is invincible, she has become a spirit!" Pele had finally found a place to settle -- on the island of Hawai`i.
