Scylla

nymph transformed into a sea monster by Circe in Greek mythology
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Scylla

Summary

Scylla is a Greek water deities[1]. They ranks in the top 5% of greek_water_deities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,131 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scylla's father was Phorcys[3].
  • Scylla's father was Poseidon[4].
  • Scylla's father was Typhon[5].
  • Scylla's mother was Crataeis[6].
  • Scylla's mother was Hecate[7].
  • Scylla's mother was Lamia[8].
  • Scylla's mother was Echidna[9].
  • Scylla's mother was Styx[10].
  • Scylla's image is recorded as Scylla Louvre CA1341.jpg[11].
  • Scylla is recorded as female organism[12].
  • Scylla's instance of is recorded as Greek water deities[13].
  • Scylla's instance of is recorded as sea monster[14].
  • Scylla's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 202065436[15].
  • Scylla's GND ID is recorded as 1177950022[16].
  • Scylla's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88002939[17].
  • Scylla's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11968447s[18].
  • Scylla's IdRef ID is recorded as 078600693[19].
  • Scylla's Commons category is recorded as Scylla[20].
  • Scylla's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06ybb[21].
  • Scylla's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jo20191024561[22].
  • Scylla's work location is recorded as Ancient Greece[23].
  • Scylla's worshipped by is recorded as Greek mythology[24].
  • Scylla's depicted by is recorded as Scylla group of Sperlonga[25].
  • Scylla's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26].
  • Scylla's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Fathers listed include Phorcys[3], a Greek water deities[28]; Poseidon[4], a water deity[29]; and Typhon[5], a Giants[30]. Mothers listed include Crataeis[6], a Greek nymph[31]; Hecate[7], a goddess[32]; Lamia[8], a mythological serpent[33]; Echidna[9], a Greek deity[34]; and Styx[10], a Potamoi[35].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Scylla include they[36], a database management system[37]; 155 they[38], an asteroid[39]; and Scylla Glacier[40], a glacier[41].

Why It Matters

Scylla ranks in the top 5% of greek_water_deities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,131 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] They is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for them include they[36], a database management system[37]; 155 they[38], an asteroid[39]; and Scylla Glacier[40], a glacier[41].

FAQs

Who were Scylla's parents?

Scylla's father was Phorcys[3]. Scylla's mother was Crataeis[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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