Belling the Cat

medieval fable, falsely attributed to Aesop
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2994336
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Belling the Cat

Summary

Belling the Cat is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (379 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Belling the Cat authored Aesop[3].
  • Belling the Cat's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Belling the Cat's genre is fable[5].
  • Belling the Cat is part of Aesop's Fables[6].
  • Belling the Cat's Commons category is recorded as Belling the Cat[7].
  • Belling the Cat's has edition or translation is recorded as The Mice in Council[8].
  • Belling the Cat's has edition or translation is recorded as The Mice in Council[9].
  • Belling the Cat's has edition or translation is recorded as Belling the Cat[10].
  • Belling the Cat's has edition or translation is recorded as Mice, Cat and a Bell[11].
  • Belling the Cat's has edition or translation is recorded as Q130752571[12].
  • Belling the Cat's different from is recorded as The Cat and the Mice[13].
  • Belling the Cat's Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index is recorded as 110[14].
  • Belling the Cat's derivative work is recorded as Council Held by Rats[15].
  • Belling the Cat's narrative motif is recorded as belling the cat[16].
  • Belling the Cat's form of creative work is recorded as short story[17].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Belling the Cat authored Aesop[3].

Publication

Belling the Cat's genre is fable[5]. It is part of Aesop's Fables[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Belling the Cat include Bellingcat[18], a collective[19], in Netherlands[20], founded in 2014[21], headquartered in Amsterdam[22], written by Eliot Higgins[23] and Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus[24], a judge[25], 1453–1513[26].

Why It Matters

Belling the Cat ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (379 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include Bellingcat[18], a collective[19], in Netherlands[20], founded in 2014[21], headquartered in Amsterdam[22], written by Eliot Higgins[23] and Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus[24], a judge[25], 1453–1513[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . 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. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Part of Aesop's Fables
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    Different from The Cat and the Mice
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