chort

Summary

chort ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• chort is a type of supernatural beings in Slavic folklore^[2].
• chort is a type of demon^[3].
• chort is part of Slavic mythology^[4].
• chort's Commons category is recorded as Chort^[5].
• chort's said to be the same as is recorded as bies^[6].
• chort's said to be the same as is recorded as imp^[7].
• chort's said to be the same as is recorded as devil^[8].
• chort's said to be the same as is recorded as Velnias^[9].
• chort's said to be the same as is recorded as Shayatin^[10].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[12].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Q19189981^[14].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Slavic antiquities^[15].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[16].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický^[17].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[18].
• chort's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• chort's present in work is recorded as The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda^[20].
• chort's present in work is recorded as The Lost Letter: A Tale Told by the Sexton of the N...Church^[21].
• chort's present in work is recorded as Christmas Eve^[22].
• chort's present in work is recorded as How the Cossacks Celebrated Wedding^[23].
• chort's present in work is recorded as Topsy-Turvy^[24].
• chort's present in work is recorded as The Imp N13^[25].
• chort's present in work is recorded as Q4427586^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include supernatural beings in Slavic folklore^[2] and demon^[3].

Use and Application

chort is part of Slavic mythology^[4].

Influence

Things named for chort include Devil's Bridge^[27]; Chortkiv^[28], a city in Ukraine^[29], in Ukraine^[30]; and Čertův hrádek^[31], a natural monument in the Czech Republic^[32], in Czech Republic^[33], founded in 1984^[34].

Why It Matters

chort ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (742 views/month).^[1] chort has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] chort is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for chort include Devil's Bridge^[27]; Chortkiv^[28], a city in Ukraine^[29], in Ukraine^[30]; and Čertův hrádek^[31], a natural monument in the Czech Republic^[32], in Czech Republic^[33], founded in 1984^[34].