Pele

Summary

Pele is a goddess^[1]. She draws 495 Wikipedia views per month (goddess category, ranking #27 of 234).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pele's mother was Haumea^[3].
• Pele's image is recorded as Pele by David Howard Hitchcock, c. 1929.jpg^[4].
• Pele is recorded as female^[5].
• Pele's instance of is recorded as goddess^[6].
• Pele's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 23211534^[7].
• Pele's GND ID is recorded as 129165484^[8].
• Pele's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2016019118^[9].
• Pele's part of is recorded as Hawaiian mythology^[10].
• Pele's Commons category is recorded as Pele^[11].
• Pele's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01mxl6^[12].
• Pele's topic's main category is recorded as Q123028837^[13].
• Pele's worshipped by is recorded as Hawaiian religion^[14].
• Pele's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Pele-Hawaiian-deity^[15].
• Pele's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00532507^[16].
• Pele's different from is recorded as Pele^[17].
• Pele's domain of saint or deity is recorded as fire^[18].
• Pele's domain of saint or deity is recorded as volcano^[19].
• Pele's sibling is recorded as Nāmaka^[20].
• Pele's sibling is recorded as Kamohoalii^[21].
• Pele's sibling is recorded as Hiʻiaka^[22].
• Pele's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pele-Hawaiian-goddess^[23].
• Pele's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901002525^[24].
• Pele's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007541526305171^[25].
• Pele's IxTheo authority ID is recorded as 707168600^[26].
• Pele's Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/169cbe06-804f-46c8-883e-b6dbe73de43a^[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Pele's mother was Haumea^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Pele include her hair^[28], a mineral^[29]; her tears^[30]; she^[31], a volcano^[32]; Limu o she^[33]; and 2202 she^[34], an asteroid^[35].

Why It Matters

Pele draws 495 Wikipedia views per month (goddess category, ranking #27 of 234).^[2] She has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] She is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for her include her hair^[28], a mineral^[29]; her tears^[30]; she^[31], a volcano^[32]; Limu o she^[33]; and 2202 she^[34], an asteroid^[35].

FAQs

Who were Pele's parents?

Pele's mother was Haumea^[3].