Gonggong

Legendary figure of Chinese prehistory, variously described as an early leader, a rebel, and a water deity
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Gonggong

Summary

Gonggong is a water deity[1]. He draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #45 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • A child of Gonggong was Goulong[3].
  • Gonggong's image is recorded as 康囘作亂興兵害民.jpg[4].
  • Gonggong is recorded as male[5].
  • Gonggong's instance of is recorded as water deity[6].
  • Gonggong's instance of is recorded as legendary figure[7].
  • Gonggong's instance of is recorded as culture hero[8].
  • Gonggong's part of is recorded as Chinese mythology[9].
  • Gonggong's Commons category is recorded as Gonggong[10].
  • Gonggong's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035xzs[11].
  • Gonggong's Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts person ID is recorded as A023386[12].
  • Gonggong's described by source is recorded as Shan Hai Jing[13].
  • Gonggong's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '龔工'}[14].
  • Gonggong's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '共工'}[15].
  • Gonggong's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '康囘'}[16].
  • Gonggong's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 공공[17].
  • Gonggong's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 136407[18].

Body

Personal Life

A child of Gonggong was Goulong[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Gonggong include he[19], a resonant trans-Neptunian object[20].

Why It Matters

Gonggong draws 156 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #45 of 165).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for him include he[19], a resonant trans-Neptunian object[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . 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. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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