witching hour

time of day when the devil, demons or ghosts are supposed to come out
Organization recurring_event Q2711974
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witching hour

Summary

witching hour is a recurring event[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,228 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • witching hour was influenced by canonical hours[3].
  • witching hour's instance of is recorded as recurring event[4].
  • witching hour's instance of is recorded as superstition[5].
  • witching hour's instance of is recorded as time of day[6].
  • witching hour's follows is recorded as midnight[7].
  • witching hour's follows is recorded as 3 AM[8].
  • witching hour's follows is recorded as fasting night in Islam[9].
  • witching hour's followed by is recorded as 2 AM[10].
  • witching hour's followed by is recorded as 4 AM[11].
  • witching hour's followed by is recorded as astronomical dawn[12].
  • witching hour's subclass of is recorded as time interval[13].
  • witching hour's DOI is recorded as 10.1163/2667-3401_CITM_COM_0212125[14].
  • witching hour's part of is recorded as night[15].
  • witching hour's significant event is recorded as witchcraft[16].
  • witching hour's described at URL is recorded as https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/CITM/COM-0212125.xml[17].
  • witching hour's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1835-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • witching hour's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[19].
  • witching hour's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)[20].
  • witching hour's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (EI-2 French)[21].
  • witching hour's has characteristic is recorded as supernatural[22].
  • witching hour's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+1.5'}[23].
  • witching hour's event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • witching hour's BabelNet ID is recorded as 21348157n[25].
  • witching hour's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fzd0j392[26].
  • witching hour's Golden ID is recorded as Witching_hour-MAJ6KN[27].

Body

Identity

witching hour's part of is recorded as night[15]. Predecessors include midnight[7], 3 AM[8], and fasting night in Islam[9]. Successors include 2 AM[10], 4 AM[11], and astronomical dawn[12].

Why It Matters

witching hour ranks in the top 2% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,228 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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