The Wild Swans

1838 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
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The Wild Swans
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The Wild Swans

Summary

The Wild Swans is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Wild Swans authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].
  • The Wild Swans's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Wild Swans's instance of is recorded as literary fairy tale[5].
  • The Wild Swans's genre is literary fairy tale[6].
  • The Wild Swans's genre is fairy tale[7].
  • The Wild Swans's part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].
  • The Wild Swans's place of publication is recorded as Copenhagen[9].
  • The Wild Swans's Commons category is recorded as The Wild Swans[10].
  • The Wild Swans's language of work or name is recorded as Danish[11].
  • The Wild Swans's country of origin is recorded as Denmark[12].
  • The Wild Swans's catalog code is recorded as 328[13].
  • The Wild Swans was published on October 2, 1838[14].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Les Cygnes sauvages[15].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Divoké labutě[16].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Q109571138[17].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Q134376919[18].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Q134377067[19].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Lebedele[20].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Os cisnes selvagens[21].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as Sovaĝaj cignoj[22].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as De vilde Svaner[23].
  • The Wild Swans's has edition or translation is recorded as The Wild Swans[24].
  • The Wild Swans's work available at URL is recorded as http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20101103140733/http://www2.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/andersen/eventyr.dsl/hcaev012.htm[25].
  • The Wild Swans's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.andersenstories.com/da/andersen_fortaellinger/de_vilde_svaner[26].
  • The Wild Swans's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/the_wild_swans[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Genre(s): fairy tale[28]

  • Community tags: fairy tale[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 370ff116-2c5b-452e-bfca-c17938ae77e7[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Wild Swans authored Hans Christian Andersen[3].

Publication

The Wild Swans was released on October 2, 1838[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as Copenhagen[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Danish[11]. Genres include literary fairy tale[6] and fairy tale[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].

Subject and Themes

The Wild Swans's part of the series is recorded as Hans Christian Andersen bibliography[8].

Material and Period

The Wild Swans dates from the Romanticism[31].

Why It Matters

The Wild Swans ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . andersen.sdu.dk. andersen.sdu.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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