Zwarte Piet

companion of Saint Nicholas in the folklore of the Netherlands and Belgium
Person folklore_character Q220453
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Zwarte Piet

Summary

Zwarte Piet is a folklore character[1]. He worked as an assistant[2]. He ranks in the top 9% of folklore_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,213 views/month).[3]

Key Facts

  • Zwarte Piet worked as an assistant[2].
  • Zwarte Piet is in the country of Netherlands[4].
  • Zwarte Piet's video is recorded as 2014 11 29 Bep het Medium in actie voor Zwarte Piet.webm[5].
  • Zwarte Piet's image is recorded as Intocht van Sinterklaas in Schiedam 2009 (4103582848) (2).jpg[6].
  • Zwarte Piet's image is recorded as Cover book Mee in den Zak, 1940.jpg[7].
  • Zwarte Piet is recorded as male[8].
  • Zwarte Piet's instance of is recorded as folklore character[9].
  • Zwarte Piet's instance of is recorded as literary character[10].
  • Zwarte Piet's instance of is recorded as legendary figure[11].
  • Zwarte Piet's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 19384501[12].
  • Zwarte Piet's GND ID is recorded as 1061017958[13].
  • Zwarte Piet's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2004023009[14].
  • Zwarte Piet's part of is recorded as Saint Nicholas and Saint Martin fest[15].
  • Zwarte Piet's part of is recorded as Companions of Saint Nicholas[16].
  • Zwarte Piet's Commons category is recorded as Zwarte Piet[17].
  • Zwarte Piet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04kn5p[18].
  • Zwarte Piet's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-Zwarte Piet-article.ogg[19].
  • Zwarte Piet's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 095995072[20].
  • Zwarte Piet's present in work is recorded as Q2214541[21].
  • Zwarte Piet's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Piet'}[22].
  • Zwarte Piet's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Père Fouettard'}[23].
  • Zwarte Piet's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'wa', 'text': 'Hanscroufe'}[24].
  • Zwarte Piet's different from is recorded as Q43586032[25].
  • Zwarte Piet's FAST ID is recorded as 506068[26].
  • Zwarte Piet's uses is recorded as Strooigoed[27].

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Career and Affiliations

Zwarte Piet worked as an assistant[2].

Why It Matters

Zwarte Piet ranks in the top 9% of folklore_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,213 views/month).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What did Zwarte Piet do for work?

Zwarte Piet worked as assistant[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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