Pele's Curse

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Pele's Curse is the belief that anything natively Hawaiian, be it sand, be it rock, be it pumice, will effect bad luck on whoever takes it away from Hawaii.

[edit] The Story

The general consensus about the legend's genesis is this: a disgruntled park ranger, angry at the number of rocks that were being taken from the islands by visitors, said that Pele would curse them with bad luck should they take anything. The myth has caught on and every year countless tourists send these back in order to escape the awful luck that Pele has caused them.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Story of Pele


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