monster

type of fictional or mythological creature
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Summary

monster ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,398 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: imaginary character[2], fictional creature[3], mythical creature[4]
  • Commons category: Monsters[5]
  • Said to be the same as: monster[6]
  • Unicode character: 👾[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Monsters[8]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Different from: monster[11]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/monster[12]

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Influence

Things named for monster include Monster of Florence[13], a serial killer[14], b. 2000[15], of Italy[16] and monster group[17], a sporadic group[18].

Why It Matters

monster has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] monster is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for monster include Monster of Florence[13], a serial killer[14], b. 2000[15], of Italy[16] and monster group[17], a sporadic group[18].

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). monster. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/monster-q276453-2
MLA “monster.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/monster-q276453-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_monster-q276453-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{monster}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/monster-q276453-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 78
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'diq',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge intentional sitelink to redirect from jawiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → monster
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: monster, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943649|monster (#289943649)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q291402
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q291402, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0339484-monstra
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0339484-monstra, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → monster
    Subclass of → imaginary character, fictional creature, mythical creature
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 9854, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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