Penelope (disambiguation)
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Penelope |
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| Pronunciation | pe-NEL-o-pee |
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | Weaver |
| Origin | Greek mythology |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Penelope |
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Penelope is a character in Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey. Her name is used as a female given name.
Penelope may also refer to:
[edit] In literature and mythology
[edit] Characters and objects
- Penelope (dryad), mother of the god Pan in Greek mythology
- Penelope Clearwater, a character in the Harry Potter novels
- Penelope Wilhern from the novel Penelope.
- RX-104FF Penelope, a fictional weapon from the Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash novels
[edit] Portions of text within a work
- "Penelope" is the given name for Molly Bloom's Soliloquy in the James Joyce novel, Ulysses
[edit] Authors
- Penelope Delta, Greek authoress
[edit] In entertainment and the arts
[edit] In film
- Penelope (2008 film), starring Christina Ricci
- Penelope (1966 film), starring Natalie Wood
[edit] Artistes
- Penélope Cruz, a Spanish actress
[edit] In music
[edit] Artistes
- Penelope (band), a punk rock band from Quebec
- Penelope (Australia band), a rock band from Perth, Australia
- Penelope Houston, an American singer-songwriter from San Francisco
[edit] Works
- "Penelope", a song by Great Big Sea from the album Sea of No Cares
- "Penelope", a song by Pinback from the album Blue Screen Life
- Pénélope (opera), an opera by Gabriel Fauré
[edit] In television, animation and video games
- Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, a puppet character from the 60's television program Thunderbirds
- Penelope Taynt, a character on The Amanda Show
- Penelope Widmore, a flashback character (and Desmond Hume's girlfriend) from Lost
- Penelope, a character portrayed by Saturday Night Live cast member Kristen Wiig
- Penelope Pitstop, a cartoon character
- Penelope Pussycat, a character from Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes
- Penelope, a character from the anime Hamtaro
- Penelope, a dragon in the animated movie Barbie as Rapunzel
- Penelope (Sly Cooper), a character from the video game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
[edit] In theatre
- Penelope (1912 play), by William Somerset Maugham
[edit] Other uses
- Penelope (genus), a bird genus in the Cracidae family
- Penelope (e-mail client), an e-mail client
- Penelope (crater), a crater on Saturn's moon Tethys
[edit] See also
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