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The Serpent and the Rainbow

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The Serpent and the Rainbow

Summary

The Serpent and the Rainbow is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Serpent and the Rainbow authored Wade Davis[3].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow was released on 1985[7].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's has edition or translation is recorded as The Serpent and the Rainbow[8].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's has edition or translation is recorded as Q139382967[9].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's dedicated to is recorded as Richard Evans Schultes[10].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's dedicated to is recorded as John Lennon[11].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's narrative location is recorded as Haiti[12].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's main subject is zombie[13].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's title is recorded as The Serpent and the Rainbow[14].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's first line is recorded as My first meeting with the man who would send me on my quest for the Haitian zombi poison occurred on a damp miserable winter’s day in late February 1974.[15].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's set in period is recorded as 1970s[16].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's set in period is recorded as 1980s[17].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's derivative work is recorded as The Serpent and the Rainbow[18].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[19].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's epigraph is recorded as He knew the story of King Da, the incarnation of the Serpent, which is the eternal beginning, never ending, who took his pleasure mystically with a queen who was the Rainbow, patroness of the Waters and of all Bringing Forth.[20].
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow's epigraph is recorded as Everything is poison, nothing is poison.[21].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fca0e92a-1e8e-438b-abd0-02a646cdac6f[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Serpent and the Rainbow authored Wade Davis[3].

Publication

The Serpent and the Rainbow was released on 1985[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Subject and Themes

The Serpent and the Rainbow's main subject is zombie[13].

Why It Matters

The Serpent and the Rainbow ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (570 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . Q139382967. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q139382967. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 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.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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