selkie

mythological creature taking the appearance of a seal
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selkie

Summary

selkie is a mythical people[1]. selkie ranks in the top 5% of mythical_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,267 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • selkie's image is recorded as Selkie by Carolyn Emerick 2013.jpg[3].
  • selkie's image is recorded as Faroese stamp 585 the seal woman.jpg[4].
  • selkie's instance of is recorded as mythical people[5].
  • selkie's subclass of is recorded as shapeshifter[6].
  • selkie's Commons category is recorded as Selkies[7].
  • selkie's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ggnm[8].
  • selkie's BBC Things ID is recorded as 07ee78a3-bbf8-42e0-9819-d00eea2047e0[9].
  • selkie's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gfhsr61r[10].
  • selkie's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as selkies[11].
  • selkie's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-113492[12].
  • selkie's Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID is recorded as sj2021057957[13].

Why It Matters

selkie ranks in the top 5% of mythical_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,267 views/month).[2] selkie has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] selkie is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). selkie. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/selkie
MLA “selkie.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/selkie.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_selkie_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{selkie}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/selkie}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): selkie — https://4ort.xyz/entity/selkie (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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