▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁rival ▁of ▁the ▁Hawai ian ▁god dess ▁of ▁snow , ▁Pol i ʻ ahu , ▁and ▁her ▁sister s ▁Lil ino e ▁( a ▁god dess ▁of ▁fine ▁rain ), ▁Wa ia u ▁( god dess ▁of ▁Lake ▁Wa ia u ), ▁and ▁K ah oup ok ane ▁( a ▁kap a ▁mak er ▁whose ▁kap a ▁making ▁activities ▁create ▁th under , ▁rain , ▁and ▁light ning ). ▁All ▁except ▁K ah oup ok ane ▁res ide ▁on ▁Ma una ▁Ke a . ▁The ▁kap a ▁mak er ▁lives ▁on ▁H ual al ai . ▁ ▁One ▁myth ▁tells ▁that ▁Pol i ʻ ahu ▁had ▁come ▁from ▁Ma una ▁Ke a ▁with ▁her ▁friends ▁to ▁attend ▁s led ▁races ▁down ▁the ▁grass y ▁hills ▁south ▁of ▁Ham ak ua . ▁Pe le ▁came ▁dis gu ised ▁as ▁a ▁beautiful ▁stranger ▁and ▁was ▁gre et ed ▁by ▁Pol i ʻ ahu . ▁However , ▁Pe le ▁became ▁je al ously ▁en rag ed ▁at ▁the ▁god dess ▁of ▁Ma una ▁Ke a . ▁She ▁opened ▁the ▁ca ver ns ▁of ▁Ma una ▁Ke a ▁and ▁threw ▁fire ▁from ▁them ▁towards ▁Pol i ʻ ahu , ▁with ▁the ▁snow ▁god dess ▁fle eing ▁towards ▁the ▁sum mit . ▁Pol i ʻ ahu ▁was ▁finally ▁able ▁to ▁grab ▁her ▁now - burn ing ▁snow ▁mant le ▁and ▁throw ▁it ▁over ▁the ▁mountain . ▁Earth qu akes ▁shook ▁the ▁island ▁as ▁the ▁snow ▁mant le ▁unfold ed ▁until ▁it ▁reached ▁the ▁fire