basilisk

Summary

basilisk ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month, #502 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• basilisk's image is recorded as Baziliszkusz.jpg^[2].
• basilisk's image is recorded as Basilisk aldrovandi.jpg^[3].
• basilisk's GND ID is recorded as 4474129-7^[4].
• basilisk's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh99004529^[5].
• basilisk's subclass of is recorded as mythical hybrid^[6].
• basilisk's subclass of is recorded as mythological serpent^[7].
• basilisk's Commons category is recorded as Basilisk^[8].
• basilisk's said to be the same as is recorded as cockatrice^[9].
• basilisk's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1805^[10].
• basilisk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k8kx^[11].
• basilisk's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 398.2454^[12].
• basilisk's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0083547^[13].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[14].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[15].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition^[18].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[19].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal^[20].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• basilisk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• basilisk's different from is recorded as basilisk in a work of fiction^[23].
• basilisk's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-4844^[24].
• basilisk's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as basilisks^[25].
• basilisk's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-27916^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for basilisk include Roko's basilisk^[27], a thought experiment^[28], founded in 2010^[29]; Basiliscus^[30], a taxon^[31]; Crotalus basiliscus^[32], a taxon^[33]; and Basilisk Peak^[34], a mountain^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].

Why It Matters

basilisk ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,229 views/month, #502 of 77,819).^[1] basilisk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] basilisk is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for basilisk include Roko's basilisk^[27], a thought experiment^[28], founded in 2010^[29]; Basiliscus^[30], a taxon^[31]; Crotalus basiliscus^[32], a taxon^[33]; and Basilisk Peak^[34], a mountain^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].