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ghost story

genre of fiction featuring supernatural elements
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ghost story

Summary

ghost story is a speculative fiction genre[1]. It draws 571 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #11 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • ghost story's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3].
  • ghost story is a type of supernatural fiction[4].
  • ghost story is a type of paranormal fiction[5].
  • ghost story's Commons category is recorded as Ghost stories[6].
  • ghost story's country of origin is recorded as Finland[7].
  • ghost story's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ghost stories[8].
  • ghost story's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Wiki-inventory for living heritage[9].
  • ghost story's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[10].

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Definition and Type

ghost story's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include supernatural fiction[4] and paranormal fiction[5].

Why It Matters

ghost story draws 571 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #11 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Finland M. R. James The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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] ↑ . wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi. wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi. wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → Finland
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Wiki-inventory for living heritage
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28615, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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