Bennu

heron-like deity of Ancient Egyptian mythology
Person deity Q818378
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Bennu

Summary

Bennu is a deity[1]. He ranks in the top 6% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bennu's image is recorded as Bennu bird.svg[3].
  • Bennu is recorded as male[4].
  • Bennu's instance of is recorded as deity[5].
  • Bennu's IdRef ID is recorded as 241974828[6].
  • Bennu's part of is recorded as religion of ancient Egypt[7].
  • Bennu's Commons category is recorded as Bennu[8].
  • Bennu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04xttn[9].
  • Bennu's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 53031[10].
  • Bennu's different from is recorded as Benoe[11].
  • Bennu's different from is recorded as phoenix[12].
  • Bennu's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtc1EIWEjinZ[13].
  • Bennu's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-319211[14].
  • Bennu's Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as Бену[15].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Bennu include 101955 he[16], an Apollo asteroid[17].

Why It Matters

Bennu ranks in the top 6% of deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] He is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for him include 101955 he[16], an Apollo asteroid[17].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . 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. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bennu. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bennu
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bennu_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bennu}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bennu}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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