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blood libel

rumor that Jews killed Christians to use blood in ceremonies
Class type of: antisemitic trope, human sacrifice, conspiracy theory Q1061047
blood libel
Johann Baptist M. · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
antisemitic trope, human sacrifice, conspiracy theory, Jewish conspiracy theory[1][2][3][4]
Described by source
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5][6]
Has effect
pogrom[7]
Significant person
William of Norwich, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, Simon of Trent, Gabriel of Białystok, Apion, Posidonius, Apollonius Molon, Socrates of Constantinople, Holy Child of La Guardia, Harold, Robert of Bury[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Significant place
Norwich, Lincoln, Blois, Fulda[19][20][21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en blood accusation en ritual murder libel en blood libel ar فرية الدم da Ritualmord de Ritualmordlegende de Blutbeschuldigung de Blutanklage el λίβελος του αίματος el συκοφαντία του αίματος es Libelos de sangre es libelo de sangre es Calumnia de la sangre es Calumnia de sangre es Libelo de sangre contra los judios es Libelo de sangre contra los judíos fa تهمت خون fi verisyytös fr accusation de crime rituel contre les Juifs he עלילת דם
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85014957
BNCF Thesaurus ID
50374
BabelNet ID
03273021n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16656685c
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/blood-libel
Freebase ID
/m/01kcx
Harper's tag
blood-accusation
Jewish Encyclopedia ID
3408
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
12241
Jewish Virtual Library ID
blood-libel
Krugosvet article (archived)
religiya/krovavyy-navet
KulturNav-ID
f0150323-6d71-4706-986e-37f785f7aee7
Show all 19 identifiers +7
Lex ID
ritualmord
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776989080
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/d67aae43-0913-4699-88c1-ca205bfd1c80
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007283114405171
Quora topic ID
Blood-Libel
Topic's main category
Category:Blood libel
Yale LUX ID
concept/2069d62a-03f4-48fb-819c-8147ad5e9247

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🔗 Connections
Significant person 9
Posidonius, Socrates of Constantinople, Apion, Apollonius Molon, Simon of Trent, William of Norwich, Gabriel of Białystok, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln +1 more
Examples 4
Damascus affair, Rhodes blood libel, Tiszaeszlár Affair, Yemenite Children Affair
Significant place 4
Norwich, Blois, Lincoln, Fulda
Subclass of 4
conspiracy theory, human sacrifice, antisemitic trope, Jewish conspiracy theory
← Facet of 3
Simon of Trent, Andreas Oxner, Konitz affair
Described by source 1
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Has effect 1
pogrom
Topic's main category 1
Category:Blood libel
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Blood libel
← Model item 1
antisemitic trope
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Related Entities

Lincoln Posidonius Socrates of Constantinople

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  1. 17d ago · Elinmeriksson · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 40
    National Historical Museums of Sweden ID → term/d67aae43-0913-4699-88c1-ca205bfd1c80
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'de', 'diq', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi',
    KulturNav-ID → f0150323-6d71-4706-986e-37f785f7aee7
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-add:0||2 */ Upload of SHM and KulturNav IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c11f31a4363|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → blood-accusation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: blood-accusation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910593|blood accusation (#289910593)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 15w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish Encyclopedia ID → 3408
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish Encyclopedia ID: 3408, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167476232|BLOOD ACCUSATION (#167476232)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclo"
  4. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → pogrom
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007283114405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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