The Merchant

fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (1634)
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The Merchant

Summary

The Merchant is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Merchant authored Giambattista Basile[3].
  • The Merchant's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Merchant's genre is recorded as fairy tale[5].
  • The Merchant's language of work or name is recorded as Neapolitan[6].
  • The Merchant's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Naples[7].
  • The Merchant's publication date is recorded as +1634-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • The Merchant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qm7p1[9].
  • The Merchant's published in is recorded as Pentamerone[10].
  • The Merchant's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Lo mercante'}[11].
  • The Merchant's Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index is recorded as 303[12].
  • The Merchant's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Merchant[13].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as resuscitation by herbs (leaves)[14].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as witch injures, enchants or transforms[15].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as parts of slain animals as token of slaying[16].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as husband's twin brother mistaken by woman for her husband[17].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as treacherous peasant[18].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as hero refuses reward[19].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as jealous and overhasty man kills his rescuing twin brother[20].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as treasure in cellar of ruined house[21].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as ghosts prevent people from raising treasure[22].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as princess rescued from robbers[23].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as princess offered as prize to rescuer[24].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as bridegroom magically impelled to leave his bride[25].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as bed-cover of chastity[26].
  • The Merchant's narrative motif is recorded as twin adventurers[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Merchant authored Giambattista Basile[3].

Why It Matters

The Merchant ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. 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.
  16. [18] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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