Beelzebub

Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, later adopted in Judaism and Christianity as a demon
Person deity Q202492
Beelzebub
William Hayley (1745-1820), Jean Pierre Simon (c.1750-1810), Richard Westall (1765-1836) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Beelzebub

Summary

Beelzebub is a deity[1]. They ranks in the top 0.82% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,875 views/month, #4 of 486).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beelzebub's image is recorded as Two Eminent Devils. Satan and Beelzebub.jpg[3].
  • Beelzebub's image is recorded as Beelzebub and them with him.jpg[4].
  • Beelzebub's instance of is recorded as deity[5].
  • Baal is named after Beelzebub[6].
  • Beelzebub's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 864248[7].
  • Beelzebub's GND ID is recorded as 121233960[8].
  • Beelzebub's Commons category is recorded as Beelzebub[9].
  • Beelzebub's said to be the same as is recorded as Devil in Christianity[10].
  • Beelzebub's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017dn7[11].
  • Beelzebub's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beelzebub[12].
  • Beelzebub's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0008619[13].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[18].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[20].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Beelzebub's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23].
  • Beelzebub's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Beelzebub[24].
  • Beelzebub's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3691[25].
  • Beelzebub's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'בַּעַל זְבוּב\u200e'}[26].
  • Beelzebub's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00564003[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Beelzebub include Beelzebufo[28], a fossil taxon[29] and their tube-nosed bat[30], a taxon[31].

Why It Matters

Beelzebub ranks in the top 0.82% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,875 views/month, #4 of 486).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] They is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for them include Beelzebufo[28], a fossil taxon[29] and their tube-nosed bat[30], a taxon[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . books.google.de. books.google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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