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Befana

woman in Italian folklore
Person Fictional Human Q814168
Befana
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Facts

4 properties
Instance of
fictional human, Christmas gift-bringer[2]
Sex or gender
female[1]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4][5][6]
Said to be the same as
Perchta[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Befana ar البفانة ar بفانة ar بيفانا ar لا بيفانا ar البيفانا cs La Befana cs Befana de La Befana de Epifania el Μπεφάνα fa بفانا ja Befana ja La Befana ja ベファーナ ja ベファナ ja ラ・ベファーナ ja ラ・ベファナ nl heks nl taart
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
203293662
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85012877
GND ID
137473246X
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
160714196
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Befana
FAST ID
829862
Freebase ID
/m/0314t6
HAND ID
F6A6-3962-6AD8-95A0-084B
INDUCKS character ID
Befana
IdRef ID
118770101
J9U entity ID
987007283144805171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
354581
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Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
ベファーナ
Treccani Vocabulary ID
befana
Vikidia article ID
fr:Befana
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10175045-n
Yale LUX ID
person/5e3a6fa2-fa2b-4940-b7a8-1a98057f8822
Yle topic ID
18-130424

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Instance of 1
Christmas gift-bringer
Said to be the same as 1
Perchta
Sex or gender 1
female
← Said to be the same as 1
Perchta
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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → F6A6-3962-6AD8-95A0-084B
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #47158: HAND ID (11)"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007283144805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  3. 28w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-04-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → female
    GND ID → 137473246X
    Said to be the same as → Perchta
    Instance of → fictional human, Christmas gift-bringer
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: GND ID: 137473246X, resolving redirect"
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