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The Ridiculous Wishes

French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault
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Summary

The Ridiculous Wishes is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Charles Perrault[3]
  • Instance of: three wishes joke[4], fairy tale[5]
  • Genre: tale[6]
  • Commons category: Les Souhaits ridicules (Charles Perrault)[7]
  • Language of work or name: French[8]
  • Country of origin: Kingdom of France[9]
  • Publication date: 1693[10]
  • Characters: Jupiter[11]
  • Has edition or translation: Q56707506[12], Q50371929[13], Q137598987[14]
  • Published in: Mercure de France[15]
  • Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index: 750A[16]
  • Copyright status: public domain[17]

Why It Matters

The Ridiculous Wishes has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Charles Perrault Kingdom of France literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 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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  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work, three wishes joke, fairy tale
    Language of work or name → French
    Country of origin → Kingdom of France
    Gnd id → 1286260000
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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