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Horcrux

kind of magical item in the Harry Potter universe used for storing part of a soul
Class type of: magical object in Harry Potter, cultural artifact Q10298203

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
class of fictional entities
Subclass of
magical object in Harry Potter, cultural artifact
Part of
Dark Arts[4]
Different from
tefillin[7]
From narrative universe
Harry Potter universe[5]
Media franchise
Wizarding World[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[8]
Present in work
Harry Potter[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Horcrux en phylactery ar هوركروكس cs viteál de Horkrux es Horrocrux fa جان‌پیچ fr Horcruxe he הורקרוקס hi होर्क्रक्स ja ホークラックス ja 分霊箱 ko 호크룩스 nl Gruzielement pl Horkruks pt Diário de Tom Riddle pt Hocruxes pt Horcruxes ru крестраж ru хоркрукс

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🔗 Connections
Examples 4
Harry Potter, Nagini, Tom Riddle's diary, Salazar Slytherin's locket
Subclass of 2
magical object in Harry Potter, cultural artifact
Different from 1
tefillin
From narrative universe 1
Harry Potter universe
Media franchise 1
Wizarding World
← Different from 1
tefillin
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Summary

Horcrux is a class of fictional entities[1]. Horcrux is a type of magical object in Harry Potter[2] and cultural artifact[3].

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    Media franchise → Wizarding World
    From narrative universe → Harry Potter universe
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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