Fayaway

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Fayaway is a central Polynesian woman character in Herman Melville’s novel "Typee," often remembered for her beauty, grace, and symbolic role in the story’s depiction of island life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fayaway canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian woman ⓘ
female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Typee ⓘ
associatedWith Typee valley ⓘ
linked to: Typee

island life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Polynesia ⓘ
createdBy Herman Melville ⓘ
createdInCountry United States ⓘ
creatorOccupation novelist ⓘ
sailor ⓘ
describedAs beautiful ⓘ
central female figure ⓘ
graceful ⓘ
ethnicityInFiction Polynesian ⓘ
firstAppearance Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life ⓘ
linked to: Typee
gender female ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn adventure novel ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction cultural symbol of the Typee people ⓘ
romantic ideal ⓘ
partOf Typee characters ⓘ
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1846 ⓘ
roleInWork central character ⓘ
love interest of the narrator ⓘ
symbolizes harmony with nature ⓘ
idealized Polynesian beauty ⓘ
innocence ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Typee → hasCharacter → Fayaway ⓘ
Mehevi → associatedWith → Fayaway ⓘ