faun

mythological creature
Thing mythical_entity Q223194
faun
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faun

Summary

faun is a mythical entity[1]. faun ranks in the top 7% of mythical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,351 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A child of faun was Latinus[3].
  • faun is recorded as male organism[4].
  • faun's instance of is recorded as mythical entity[5].
  • faun is a type of mythical human-animal hybrid[6].
  • faun is a type of earth spirit[7].
  • faun's Commons category is recorded as Fauns[8].
  • faun's said to be the same as is recorded as satyr[9].
  • faun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fauns[10].
  • faun's Commons gallery is recorded as Fauns[11].
  • faun's depicted by is recorded as Faun, inv 6332[12].
  • faun's depicted by is recorded as Faun, inv 6331[13].
  • faun's depicted by is recorded as Faun from the Horti Lamiani[14].
  • faun's depicted by is recorded as Faun[15].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • faun's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[21].
  • faun's different from is recorded as faun or satyr in a work of fiction[22].
  • faun's different from is recorded as Q691139[23].
  • faun's different from is recorded as Faunus[24].

Body

Definition and Type

faun's instance of is recorded as mythical entity[5]. Recorded subclass of include mythical human-animal hybrid[6] and earth spirit[7].

Influence

Things named for faun include Den Spillende Faun[25], an award[26], in Norway[27], founded in 1988[28].

Why It Matters

faun ranks in the top 7% of mythical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,351 views/month).[2] faun has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] faun is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for faun include Den Spillende Faun[25], an award[26], in Norway[27], founded in 1988[28].

References

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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] . 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.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of mythical entity
    Sex or gender male organism
    Depicted by Faun, inv 6332, Faun, inv 6331, Faun from the Horti Lamiani +1
    Child Latinus
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25976, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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