Hopoe

Also known as: Nana-huki · Role: dancer of Puna, Hiiaka’s friend · First appears: Chapter XI · Pele’s Long Sleep · Part 4

In Chapter XI, Hopoe is Hiiaka’s friend: Hiiaka wants to bathe with her at the beach. Hopoe, the graceful dancer of Puna, teaches Hiiaka to dance.

In Chapter XII, Pele’s lava surrounds Hopoe on the beach. Pele takes away her human life, gives her goblin power, and changes her into a balanced block of lava by the seashore.

Relationship record

Life events

• Pele overwhelmed Hopoe with lava and changed her into a rock.(Chapter XII · Hopoe, the Dancing Stone · Part 1 · 📍 Puna)
  • With: Pele
  • “The story of the jealousy and anger of Pele, which resulted in overwhelming Hopoe in a flood of lava and placing her in the form of a balanced rock to dance by the sea to the music of the eternally moving surf, is a story which must be kept on record for the lovers of Hawaiian folklore.”
• Pele's lava surrounded Hopoe, trapping her on the beach.(Chapter XII · Hopoe, the Dancing Stone · Part 2 · 📍 Puna)
  • With: Pele
  • “The slow torrent of lava surrounded the beach where Hopoe waited death.”
• Pele took Hopoe's human life, gave her goblin power, and transformed her into a block of lava.(Chapter XII · Hopoe, the Dancing Stone · Part 2)
  • With: Pele
  • “There Pele’s fires caught her but did not devour her. The angry goddess of fire took away her human life and gave her goblin power. Pele changed Hopoe into a great block of lava and balanced it on the seashore.”

Chapter XI · Pele’s Long Sleep · Part 4

• friends with Hiiaka “Hiiaka desired to go down to the beach and bathe with a friend, Hopoe, while the others went inland.”

Chapter XII · Hopoe, the Dancing Stone · Part 1

• friends with Hiiaka “Thus they learned to have great love for each other.”
• pupil: Hiiaka “Hopoe, the graceful dancer of Puna who taught Hiiaka, the youngest sister of Pele, how to dance, was changed into this rock.”
• enemies with Pele “The story of the jealousy and anger of Pele, which resulted in overwhelming Hopoe in a flood of lava and placing her in the form of a balanced rock to dance by the sea to the music of the eternally moving surf, is a story which must be kept on record for the lovers of Hawaiian folklore.”

Chapter XII · Hopoe, the Dancing Stone · Part 2

• friends with Hiiaka “the home of her friend, grow darker and blacker and then change into the orange hues of outbreaking fire.”
• enemies with Pele “The angry goddess of fire took away her human life and gave her goblin power.”

Chapter XIV · How Hiiaka found Wahine-omao

• friends with Hiiaka “There they greeted friends and rested, but Hiiaka thought lovingly of another friend, Hopoe, far dearer to her than any one else.”

Chapter XVII · Lohiau · Part 2

• enemies with Pele “At last she had yielded to her jealous rage and destroyed Hopoe and her home and then burned the loved spots of restful beauty belonging to Hiiaka.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes. Made with Rho MD.