The Crystal Ball

German fairy tale version by the Brothers Grimm
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The Crystal Ball

Summary

The Crystal Ball is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Crystal Ball authored Brothers Grimm[3].
  • The Crystal Ball's image is recorded as Quartz crystal.jpg[4].
  • The Crystal Ball's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Crystal Ball's genre is recorded as fairy tale[6].
  • The Crystal Ball's Commons category is recorded as The Crystal Ball[7].
  • The Crystal Ball's language of work or name is recorded as German[8].
  • The Crystal Ball's catalog code is recorded as KHM 197[9].
  • The Crystal Ball's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06k925y[10].
  • The Crystal Ball's published in is recorded as Grimms' fairy tales[11].
  • The Crystal Ball's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Die Kristallkugel'}[12].
  • The Crystal Ball's Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index is recorded as 552A[13].
  • The Crystal Ball's narrative motif is recorded as devastating bison (buffalo)[14].
  • The Crystal Ball's narrative motif is recorded as transformation: human to whale[15].
  • The Crystal Ball's narrative motif is recorded as witch transforms person to animal[16].
  • The Crystal Ball's narrative motif is recorded as suitors assigned quests[17].

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Works and Contributions

The Crystal Ball authored Brothers Grimm[3].

Why It Matters

The Crystal Ball ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Volume 1: A–C. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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