Pele

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pele"

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian Pele.

Proper noun

Pele

1. (Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.
   • 1989, Rita Knipe, The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey through Hawaiian Myth, University of Hawaii Press, page 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.

   • 2012, Jim Ollhoff, South Pacific Mythology, ABDO Publishing Company, page 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.

   • 2021, David Seal, Sharon K. Smith, World Mythology, Wipf and Stock, page 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.

2. A female given name from Hawaiian

Translations

Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos

• Marathi: पेले f (pele)
• Portuguese: Pele f

See also

• Hiʻiaka

Further reading

• Pele (deity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Peel, leep, peel

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.le/, [ˈpɛ.lɛ]

Proper noun

Pele

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Pele
2. (rare) a female given name from 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

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

From Ancient Greek Πήλη (Pḗlē)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.leː/, [ˈpeːɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.le/, [ˈpɛːle]

Proper noun

Pēlē f sg (genitive Pēlēs); first declension

1. An island siatuated near Ephesus

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pēlē
genitive	Pēlēs
dative	Pēlae
accusative	Pēlēn
ablative	Pēlē
vocative	Pēlē

References

• Pele in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.