As the legend goes when Pele, (one of a number of Hawaiian Volcano Goddesses. In Hawaii, Goddess of Mount Kilauea, a still-active volcano) married Ocean their union produced a great foaming of the sea and great shards of green, yellow and silver flew from Ocean’s depths as his mighty swells cooled Pele’s fires. Many old drawings of this particular legend show Pele holding a white feather in her left hand – the side of Mount Kilauea down, which the first lava flows were said to run. The Hawaiian people believe that Pele honours her love for Ocean every year (on the anniversary of the first eruption of Mount Kilauea) by sending a new season of butterflies that have become one of the symbols of Hawaiian culture.