Hecatoncheires

ancient Greek mythological giants with 50 heads and 100 arms
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Hecatoncheires

Summary

Hecatoncheires is a group of Greek mythical characters[1]. Hecatoncheires draws 864 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_greek_mythical_characters category, ranking #10 of 80).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hecatoncheires's father was Uranus[3].
  • Hecatoncheires's mother was Gaia[4].
  • Hecatoncheires's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters[5].
  • Hecatoncheires's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 44158367615101280033[6].
  • Hecatoncheires's IdRef ID is recorded as 242197566[7].
  • Hecatoncheires's subclass of is recorded as Giants[8].
  • Hecatoncheires's Commons category is recorded as Hecatonchires[9].
  • Hecatoncheires's has part is recorded as Briareus[10].
  • Hecatoncheires's has part is recorded as Gyges[11].
  • Hecatoncheires's has part is recorded as Cottus[12].
  • Hecatoncheires's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k9br[13].
  • Hecatoncheires's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hecatonchires[14].
  • Hecatoncheires's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Greek religion[15].
  • Hecatoncheires's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • Hecatoncheires's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Hecatoncheires's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Hecatoncheires's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Hecatoncheires's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • Hecatoncheires's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hecatoncheires[21].
  • Hecatoncheires's has characteristic is recorded as multiple arms[22].
  • Hecatoncheires's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Εκατόγχειρες'}[23].
  • Hecatoncheires's Hederich encyclopedia article is recorded as Centimani[24].
  • Hecatoncheires's Treccani ID is recorded as ecatonchiri[25].
  • Hecatoncheires's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtjeYyILlJh8[26].
  • Hecatoncheires's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as hekatonkheirer[27].

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Origins and Family

Hecatoncheires's father was Uranus[3]. Hecatoncheires's mother was Gaia[4].

Why It Matters

Hecatoncheires draws 864 Wikipedia views per month (group_of_greek_mythical_characters category, ranking #10 of 80).[2] Hecatoncheires has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hecatoncheires is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Who were Hecatoncheires's parents?

Hecatoncheires's father was Uranus[3]. Hecatoncheires's mother was Gaia[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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