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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Aesop’s fable
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Francis Barlow · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Summary

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,233 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf authored Aesop[3].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's image is recorded as Boycriedwolfbarlow.jpg[4].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's genre is recorded as fable[6].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's part of is recorded as Aesop's Fables[7].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's Commons category is recorded as The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf[8].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[9].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's catalog code is recorded as 353b[10].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's catalog code is recorded as 353[11].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02jx37[12].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as El joven pastor anunciando al lobo[13].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Le Berger mauvais plaisant[14].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Лгун[15].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf[16].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf[17].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as The Shepherd's Boy[18].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as A Boy, and Falſe Alarums[19].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Of the Child whiche kepte the Sheep[20].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as The Shepherd Boy and The Wolf[21].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Q135915018[22].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Q135510929[23].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138587974[24].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's has edition or translation is recorded as Q130752615[25].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's title is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ποιμὴν παίζων'}[26].
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf"}[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Boy Who Cried Wolf authored Aesop[3].

Why It Matters

The Boy Who Cried Wolf ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,233 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Aesop Aesop's Fables literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Babrius and Phaedrus. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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