▁sign ▁that ▁Pe le ▁was ▁not ▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁viol ation . ▁Although ▁wood ▁car v ings ▁and ▁that ched ▁tem ples ▁were ▁easily ▁destroyed , ▁the ▁vol cano ▁was ▁a ▁natural ▁monument ▁to ▁the ▁god dess . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 8 2 4 ▁the ▁High ▁Chief ess ▁K api ol ani ▁desc ended ▁into ▁H ale ma ʻ uma ʻ u ▁after ▁rec iting ▁a ▁Christian ▁prayer ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁Hawai ian ▁one ▁to ▁Pe le . ▁As ▁it ▁was ▁predicted , ▁she ▁surv ived ▁and ▁this ▁story ▁was ▁often ▁told ▁by ▁mission aries ▁to ▁show ▁the ▁superior ity ▁of ▁their ▁faith . ▁Alfred , ▁Lord ▁T enn ys on ▁( 1 8 0 9 – 1 8 9 2 ) ▁wrote ▁a ▁poem ▁about ▁the ▁incident ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 . ▁ ▁An ▁urban ▁legend ▁states ▁that ▁Pe le ▁herself ▁occasionally ▁war ns ▁loc als ▁of ▁imp ending ▁er u ptions . ▁App ear ing ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁either ▁a ▁beautiful ▁young ▁woman ▁or ▁an ▁elder ly ▁woman ▁with ▁white ▁hair , ▁sometimes ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁small ▁white ▁dog , ▁and ▁always ▁dressed ▁in ▁a ▁red ▁mu um u u , ▁Pe le ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁walk ▁along ▁the ▁roads ▁near ▁K ī la ue a , ▁but ▁will ▁van ish ▁if ▁pass ers by ▁stop ▁to ▁help ▁her , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Res urre ction ▁Mary ▁or ▁van ishing ▁h itch h iker ▁legend . ▁The ▁passer by ▁is ▁then ▁obliged ▁to ▁warn ▁others