" Ohi'a Lehua by Minaya

Vue • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Apr 29, 2014

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" Ohi'a Lehua Tree The tree gets its name from the Legend of 'Ohi'a and Lehua. 'Ohi'a was a handsome young warrior who fell in love with the fair Lehua. Pele, the Volcano Goddess, was also attracted to the young warrior, but he refused all of Peleâ advances. Pele persisted and finally, in a fit of rage, she transformed 'Ohi'a into a gnarled tree. Lehua, broken by the loss of her lover, pleaded to the gods for help, but Peleâ curse could not be undone. In order to reunite the lovers, Lehua was transformed into flowers on the gnarled 'Ohi'a tree. It is said that if one takes the Lehua flowers from the 'Ohi'a tree, the clouds will burst into tears and form rain from the parting of the lovers.

Comments (18)

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GrandmaT

2:21PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

Beautiful image and a wonderful story. Thank you for both!

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Bossie_Boots

2:45PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

This is absolute magic superb work :)

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magnus073

3:02PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

Marion, eine wunderbare Bild ist. Der Vogel scheint sehr realistisch.

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adrie

3:02PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

Such a beautiful nature image Marion, as always excellent work.

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ladylake

3:02PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

Very, very nice.

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iborg64

3:53PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

excellent image nice use of DOF

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LivingPixels

4:00PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

gorgeous image Marrion!!

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nefertiabet

4:45PM | Tue, 29 April 2014

Eine wunderschöne aber traurige Geschichte zu deinem wunderbaren Bild mit den schönen Blüten von dem Ohi'a Lehua Baum!!! Gefällt mir ganz arg mit dem niedlichen Kolibrie dazu!!!

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