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ID: 901002525
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002525
Record Type: Character/Person

Pele (Hawaiian deity)

Note: Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes.

Names:
Pele (Hawaiian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
............Pele (Hawaiian deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Hawaiian (culture or style)
.....(Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... volcanoes
.....(landforms (terrestrial), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Pele (Hawaiian deity)
................Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
................ Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1982)

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