Cacus

fire breathing giant in Roman mythology
Person giant Q754686
Cacus
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Cacus

Summary

Cacus is a giant[1]. He draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (giant category, ranking #4 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cacus's father was Vulcan[3].
  • Cacus's image is recorded as Blake Hell 25 Centaur Cacus.jpg[4].
  • Cacus is recorded as male[5].
  • Cacus's instance of is recorded as giant[6].
  • Cacus's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[7].
  • Cacus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 13451695[8].
  • Cacus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 188476461[9].
  • Cacus's GND ID is recorded as 131786709[10].
  • Cacus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2019114443[11].
  • Cacus's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11964149p[12].
  • Cacus's IdRef ID is recorded as 078602556[13].
  • Cacus's part of is recorded as Roman mythology[14].
  • Cacus's Commons category is recorded as Cacus[15].
  • Cacus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ldgf[16].
  • Cacus's from narrative universe is recorded as Greek mythology[17].
  • Cacus's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0013267[18].
  • Cacus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • Cacus's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[20].
  • Cacus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Cacus's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Cacus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cacus-and-Caca[23].
  • Cacus's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 1859[24].
  • Cacus's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 66605[25].
  • Cacus's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00827482[26].
  • Cacus's Hederich encyclopedia article is recorded as Cacvs[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Cacus's father was Vulcan[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Cacus include 161989 he[28], a potentially hazardous asteroid[29].

Why It Matters

Cacus draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (giant category, ranking #4 of 25).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for him include 161989 he[28], a potentially hazardous asteroid[29].

FAQs

Who were Cacus's parents?

Cacus's father was Vulcan[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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