Mother Goose

fictional character
Person literary_character Q142305
Mother Goose
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Mother Goose

Summary

Mother Goose is a literary character[1]. She worked as a poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4]. She has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

Key Facts

  • Mother Goose's professions included poet[2].
  • Mother Goose's professions included storyteller[3].
  • Mother Goose's professions included writer[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Mother Goose is The Tales of my Mother Goose[6].
  • A notable work attributed to Mother Goose is Mother Goose’s Melody[7].
  • Mother Goose is recorded as female[8].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as literary character[9].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as folklore character[10].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as comics character[11].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as theatrical character[12].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic goose[13].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as fictional human[14].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as pen name[15].
  • Mother Goose's Commons category is recorded as Mother Goose[16].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction[17].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as De la nature, vertu, et utilité des plantes[18].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as The Christian Science Monitor[19].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as The Tales of my Mother Goose[20].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Ma mère l'oye[21].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Satire 15[22].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Melincourt[23].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Ma mère l'oye[24].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as letter 5[25].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Mother Goose’s Melody[26].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Mother Goose’s Melody[27].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include The Tales of my Mother Goose[6], a literary cycle[28], founded in 1695[29], written by Charles Perrault[30] and she’s Melody[7], a literary work[31], founded in 1772[32].

Why It Matters

Mother Goose has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] She is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What did Mother Goose do for work?

Mother Goose worked as poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . republication. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work Mother Goose
    Sex or gender female
    Notable work The Tales of my Mother Goose, Mother Goose’s Melody
    Described by source An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, De la nature, vertu, et utilité des plantes, The Christian Science Monitor
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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