Voices of FireStories of the volcano goddess Pele and her youngest sister Hiiaka, patron of hula, are most familiar as a form of literary colonialismfirst translated by missionary descendants and others, then co opted by Hollywood and the tourist industry. But far from quaint tales for amusement, the Pele and Hiiaka literature published between the 1860s and 1930 carried coded political meaning for the Hawaiian people at a time of great upheaval. Voices of Fire