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Orion

giant huntsman in Greek mythology
Person greek_deity Q201261
Orion
Johann Bayer · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
Greek deity
Sex or gender
male[7]
Father
Hyrieus[3]
Spouse
Side[4]
Child
Menippe, Metioche[5][6]
Sibling
Candiope[24]
Described by source
New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Description of Greece, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Different from
Arion[23]
Name in native language
Ωρίων[22]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
P14750
D2F4-82E1-1294-2DFD-62A3[26]
Place of burial
Tomb of Orion in Tanagra[2]
Unmarried partner
Merope, Eos, Artemis, Aero, Aerope[8][9][10][11][12]
Worshipped by
Ancient Greek religion[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orion ar أسطورة أوريون el Ωρίων es Orion es Orión fa شکارچی he אוריון hi ओरायन (मिथक) hu Órión it Orione ja オライオン ja ORION ja オーアリーオーン ja オーリーオーン ja オリオン ko 오리언 ko 오리온 pt Orião pt Orion pt Órion
🔖 Identifiers · 38
VIAF cluster ID
50021424, 200836693
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85095657
GND ID
118787195
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119481884
Biblissima authority ID
MTP
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00588847
Comic Vine ID
4005-36265
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
mythologie/orion
Digital LIMC ID
0NnB=Ro7Riya_xx2dtASRQy
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Orion-Greek-mythology
FAST ID
1048200
Freebase ID
/m/015t65
Show all 38 identifiers +26
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
orio
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0047628
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Orion
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2693502
Hederich encyclopedia article
Oríon
IdRef ID
027441148
Interlingual Index ID
i86966
IxTheo authority ID
694935883
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/ORION.html
Larousse ID
divers/Orion/136318
Mythoskop ID
w172
Myths on Maps ID
ORIO1
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007550928805171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX550491
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3951781
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
4604
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtbLzq70F2IT
Quora topic ID
Orion-Greek-mythology
Sandrart.net person ID
3474
Theoi Project ID
Gigante/GiganteOrion
ToposText person ID
297
Treccani ID
orione
Trismegistos god ID
633
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
09594871-n
World History Encyclopedia ID
Orion
Yale LUX ID
person/30d38cbe-d1f2-4b4f-8527-45d49021a87f

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Description of Greece, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Unmarried partner 3
Artemis, Eos, Merope
← Unmarried partner 2
Eos, Merope
Different from 1
Arion
Father 1
Hyrieus
Named after 1
Orion
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Owned entities 1
Sirius
Parent of 1
Hyrieus
Sex or gender 1
male
Worshipped by 1
Ancient Greek religion
← Depicts 1
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun
← FactGrid item ID 1
Coanwood
← Main subject 1
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun
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Summary

Orion is a Greek deity[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Orion include he[27], a constellation[28].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include he[27], a constellation[28].

FAQs

Who were Orion's parents?

Orion's father was Hyrieus[3].

Who was Orion married to?

Orion's spouses include Side[4].

Related Entities

Arion

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Love Romances. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . Love Romances. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 10w ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → D2F4-82E1-1294-2DFD-62A3
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: D2F4-82E1-1294-2DFD-62A3, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  3. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → MTP
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q296980, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 18w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford Classical Dictionary ID → 4604
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 4604, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286725|Orion (#107286725)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical "
  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Father → Hyrieus
    Instance of → Greek deity
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Unmarried partner → Merope, Eos, Artemis +2
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007550928805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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