The Miller's Tale

part of the Canterbury Tales
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The Miller's Tale
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The Miller's Tale

Summary

The Miller's Tale is a chapter[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of chapter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Miller's Tale authored Geoffrey Chaucer[3].
  • The Miller's Tale's image is recorded as Canterbury Tales - The Miller - f. 34v detail - Robin with the Bagpype - early 1400s Chaucer.png[4].
  • The Miller's Tale's instance of is recorded as chapter[5].
  • The Miller's Tale's follows is recorded as The Knight's Tale[6].
  • The Miller's Tale's followed by is recorded as The Reeve's Tale[7].
  • The Miller's Tale's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 181039594[8].
  • The Miller's Tale's GND ID is recorded as 4485067-0[9].
  • The Miller's Tale's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81125211[10].
  • The Miller's Tale's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125177275[11].
  • The Miller's Tale's IdRef ID is recorded as 102335508[12].
  • The Miller's Tale's part of is recorded as The Canterbury Tales[13].
  • The Miller's Tale's Commons category is recorded as The Miller's Tale[14].
  • The Miller's Tale's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English[15].
  • The Miller's Tale's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35671447[16].
  • The Miller's Tale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0246nj[17].
  • The Miller's Tale's has edition or translation is recorded as The Milleres Tale[18].
  • The Miller's Tale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Millers-Tale[19].
  • The Miller's Tale's title is recorded as {'lang': 'enm', 'text': "The Miller's Prologue and Tale"}[20].
  • The Miller's Tale's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4ffe76e1-db5c-43b8-9b7b-197c0b86ff0d[21].
  • The Miller's Tale's narrative motif is recorded as lover given rump to kiss[22].
  • The Miller's Tale's narrative motif is recorded as husband in hanging tub to escape coming flood[23].
  • The Miller's Tale's narrative motif is recorded as second lover burns paramour at window with hot iron[24].
  • The Miller's Tale's form of creative work is recorded as short story[25].
  • The Miller's Tale's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007346657705171[26].
  • The Miller's Tale's AusStage work ID is recorded as 6703[27].

Body

Geography

The Miller's Tale's part of is recorded as The Canterbury Tales[13].

Designation and Status

The Miller's Tale's instance of is recorded as chapter[5].

Why It Matters

The Miller's Tale ranks in the top 10% of chapter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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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.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BBC Things. 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. 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.

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