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cautionary tale

tale told in folklore to warn its listener of a danger
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cautionary tale

Summary

cautionary tale is a genre[1]. It draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (genre category, ranking #40 of 119).[2]

Key Facts

  • cautionary tale's instance of is recorded as genre[3].
  • cautionary tale's subclass of is recorded as fiction[4].
  • cautionary tale's subclass of is recorded as narrative[5].
  • cautionary tale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02n1pk[6].
  • cautionary tale's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300255312[7].
  • cautionary tale's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cautionary-Tale[8].
  • cautionary tale's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as cautionary-tales[9].

Why It Matters

cautionary tale draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (genre category, ranking #40 of 119).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Wuthering Heights

References

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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] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cautionary tale. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cautionary-tale
MLA “cautionary tale.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cautionary-tale.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cautionary-tale_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cautionary tale}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cautionary-tale}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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