The Tortoise and the Hare

fable by Aesop
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1067484
The Tortoise and the Hare
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The Tortoise and the Hare

Summary

The Tortoise and the Hare is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,895 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tortoise and the Hare authored Aesop[3].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's genre is fable[5].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare is part of Aesop's Fables[6].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's Commons category is recorded as The Tortoise and the Hare[7].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's catalog code is recorded as 420[9].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's characters is recorded as Tortoise[10].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's characters is recorded as Hare[11].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as La Tortue et le Lièvre[12].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as La liebre y la tortuga[13].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as The Tortoise & The Hare[14].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as The Hare and the Tortoise[15].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as The Hare and the Tortoise[16].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as The Hare and the Tortoise[17].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as A Hare and a Tortoiſe[18].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as Q135511211[19].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's has edition or translation is recorded as Q130752585[20].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Tortoise and the Hare[21].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's described at URL is recorded as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bocz7Vqt_9U[22].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's title is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Χελώνη καὶ λαγωός'}[23].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Tortoise and the Hare'}[24].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's Aarne–Thompson–Uther Tale Type Index is recorded as 275A[25].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's derivative work is recorded as The Hare and the Tortoise[26].
  • The Tortoise and the Hare's narrative motif is recorded as hare and tortoise race: sleeping hare[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5e72399a-6e5f-40fb-826b-594c21522f46[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Tortoise and the Hare authored Aesop[3].

Publication

The Tortoise and the Hare's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8]. Its genre is fable[5]. It is part of Aesop's Fables[6].

Why It Matters

The Tortoise and the Hare ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,895 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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] . Babrius and Phaedrus. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q866. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Hsarrazin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name Ancient Greek
    Author Aesop
    Part of Aesop's Fables
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