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Pele
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English
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Etymology
From en haw Pele.
Proper noun
en Hawaiian mythology The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.
en 1989 Rita Knipe The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey through Hawaiian Myth University of Hawaii Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CxNvXYZG6ioC&pg=PA146&dq=%22hi%27iaka%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO3ovA_vqFAxWCslYBHa1jCdIQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=%22hi'iaka%22&f=false 146 When Hi‘iaka, Lohi‘au, and her companion began their return trip, the forty days allowed by Pele had passed. Most of Hi‘iaka’s chants during the homeward journey have a recurrent refrain of sorrow, for by now she had a vision of Pele’s treachery.
1989, Hi‘iaka, entry in Robert D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60,
Once there, Hi‘iaka learned that Lohi‘au had died out of grief for the woman (Pele) who had danced before him. Hi‘iaka was able to restore his spirit and life. Now they had [to] face the return voyage, and already the forty days had passed.
en 2012 Jim Ollhoff South Pacific Mythology ABDO Publishing Company https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SahDIVUlwZQC&pg=PA28&dq=%22pele%22+mythology&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwh6CVp4CGAxV7oa8BHf04DusQ6AF6BAhpEAI#v=onepage&q=%22pele%22%20mythology&f=false 28 Some versions of the Pele myth say that Pele was always fighting with her sister. To separate them, their father exiled Pele to Hawaii.
en 2021 David Seal; Sharon K. Smith World Mythology Wipf and Stock https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1Xg-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA190&dq=%22pele%22+mythology&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1-53unIWGAxUqd2wGHVIUDlQQ6AF6BAgrEAI#v=onepage&q=%22pele%22%20mythology&f=false 190 Later the island was visited by Christian missionaries, and a number of Hawaiians converted to Christianity. Nevertheless, Pele was not forgotten, nor was worship of Pele discontinued. Pele remained a powerful goddess in the eyes of native Hawaiians because of her ongoing unpredictable eruptions that both created and destroyed. Even in modern times, Pele is a feature of Hawaii.
en female Hawaiian.
Derived terms
en pelea
Translations
Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos
Marathi: mr पेले f
Portuguese: pt Pele f
See also
en Hiʻiaka
Further reading
Pele (deity)
Anagrams
en eelp LEEP Leep Lepe Peel leep peel
en Gods
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw Hawaiian mythology Pele
haw rare haw female Hawaiian
Usage notes
Hawaiians traditionally believed that naming a child Pele was dangerous unless the name was specially revealed in a dream.
Descendants
Translingual: Pelea, Pele genus 1
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 396
Martha Warren Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology, Yale University Press 1940
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women and 3 men.
Latin
Etymology
la Pēlē :der grc:Πήλη + 1
Pronunciation
Pēlē
Proper noun
Pēlē<1>
An island situated near Ephesus
Declension
Pēlē<1>
References
la Islands