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holy well

spring or other small body of water revered either in a Pagan or Christian context, often both
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holy well

Summary

holy well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • holy well's subclass of is recorded as fountain[2].
  • holy well's subclass of is recorded as structure of worship[3].
  • holy well's subclass of is recorded as spring[4].
  • holy well's subclass of is recorded as water well[5].
  • holy well's subclass of is recorded as E26 Physical Feature[6].
  • holy well's Commons category is recorded as Holy wells[7].
  • holy well's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v_ylz[8].
  • holy well's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Holy wells[9].
  • holy well's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300007638[10].
  • holy well's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[11].
  • holy well's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • holy well's BBC Things ID is recorded as 5ba25a23-0efb-41b7-9348-eb0c2568a62e[13].
  • holy well's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as holy-wells[14].
  • holy well's Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés ID is recorded as 2450[15].
  • holy well's TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID is recorded as ayazma[16].
  • holy well's Lex ID is recorded as helligkilde[17].
  • holy well's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/5B73F173-BDE3-4794-AC6E-726A1358A037[18].

Why It Matters

holy well ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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