Enkidu

character from the Epic of Gilgamesh
Person mythical_character Q463220
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Enkidu

Summary

Enkidu is a mythical character[1]. He ranks in the top 2% of mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Enkidu is in the country of Uruk[3].
  • Enkidu's image is recorded as Enkidu, Gilgamesh's friend. From Ur, Iraq, 2027-1763 BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg[4].
  • Enkidu is recorded as male[5].
  • Enkidu's instance of is recorded as mythical character[6].
  • Enkidu's Commons category is recorded as Enkidu[7].
  • Enkidu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047165[8].
  • Enkidu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0024054[9].
  • Enkidu's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • Enkidu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Enkidu[11].
  • Enkidu's present in work is recorded as Epic of Gilgamesh[12].
  • Enkidu's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 62161[13].
  • Enkidu's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as enkidu[14].
  • Enkidu's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Enkidu[15].
  • Enkidu's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i86676[16].
  • Enkidu's WhoSampled artist ID is recorded as Enkidu[17].
  • Enkidu's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3898056[18].
  • Enkidu's LibraryThing author ID is recorded as enkidu[19].
  • Enkidu's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09545870-n[20].
  • Enkidu's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as enkidu[21].

Why It Matters

Enkidu ranks in the top 2% of mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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