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keening

vocal lament for the dead
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keening

Summary

keening is an art genre[1]. keening ranks in the top 10% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (982 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • keening's instance of is recorded as art genre[3].
  • keening's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • keening's instance of is recorded as song type[5].
  • keening's subclass of is recorded as lamentation[6].
  • keening's subclass of is recorded as traditional folk song[7].
  • keening's Commons category is recorded as Keening[8].
  • keening's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025swfx[9].
  • keening's BBC Things ID is recorded as 50e43e71-6228-4c04-b9b8-ebc8f71062c4[10].
  • keening's hashtag is recorded as Keening[11].

Why It Matters

keening ranks in the top 10% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (982 views/month).[2] keening has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). keening. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/keening
MLA “keening.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/keening.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_keening_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{keening}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/keening}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 18d ago · Jerimee · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → art genre, music genre, song type
    Subclass of → lamentation, traditional folk song
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q4393922]]"
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