The ship owner who described Captain Ahab as "ungodly, god-like" is Peleg. In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick , Peleg refers to Ahab with this phrase, acknowledging both his grand and fearsome nature
. Peleg is one of the owners of the whaling ship Pequod and speaks of Ahab with a mix of respect and recognition of his intense, almost fanatical character.
