Fedallah

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Parsee fictional character harpooner literary character

Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.

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Label Occurrences
Fedallah canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parsee ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
harpooner ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
alignment aligned with Ahab’s monomaniacal quest ⓘ
appearsIn Moby-Dick ⓘ
appearsInMedium novel ⓘ
associatedWith Captain Ahab ⓘ
bodyLocationAfterDeath lashed to Moby Dick’s side by tangled lines ⓘ
createdBy Herman Melville ⓘ
describedAs dark ⓘ
oriental ⓘ
spectral ⓘ
tall ⓘ
diesIn the final chase of Moby Dick ⓘ
ethnicity Parsee ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Moby-Dick ⓘ
surface form: Moby-Dick universe
firstAppearance Moby-Dick ⓘ
surface form: Moby-Dick, Chapter 48 "The First Lowering"
foretells that Ahab will die only after seeing two hearses ⓘ
that hemp will be involved in Ahab’s death ⓘ
genre American novel ⓘ
hairStyle long, jet-black hair ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
leads a hidden Parsee whaleboat crew ⓘ
loyaltyTo Captain Ahab ⓘ
mannerOfDeath entangled in whale line ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of ominous prophecy ⓘ
foreshadowing device ⓘ
nationality Persian ⓘ
notableFor leading a secret crew of Parsee sailors ⓘ
mysterious and ominous presence ⓘ
prophecies about Ahab’s death ⓘ
occupation harpooner ⓘ
questInvolvedIn Ahab’s hunt for Moby Dick ⓘ
relationshipToAhab secret ally ⓘ
spiritual counselor ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
role Ahab’s personal harpooner ⓘ
Captain Ahab’s confidant ⓘ
prophetic figure ⓘ
shadowy advisor ⓘ
servesOn the Pequod ⓘ
surface form: Pequod
symbolizes Ahab’s dark destiny ⓘ
doom ⓘ
fatalism ⓘ
wears Chinese jacket ⓘ
turban ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1851 ⓘ

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

Moby-Dick → hasCharacter → Fedallah ⓘ
the Pequod → hasCrewMember → Fedallah ⓘ
subject surface form: Pequod