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blood libel

rumor that Jews killed Christians to use blood in ceremonies
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blood libel

Summary

blood libel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,757 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • blood libel is a type of antisemitic trope[2].
  • blood libel is a type of human sacrifice[3].
  • blood libel is a type of conspiracy theory[4].
  • blood libel is a type of Jewish conspiracy theory[5].
  • blood libel's Commons category is recorded as Blood libel[6].
  • blood libel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blood libel[7].
  • blood libel's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[8].
  • blood libel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • blood libel's has effect is recorded as pogrom[10].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as William of Norwich[11].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln[12].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Simon of Trent[13].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Gabriel of Białystok[14].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Apion[15].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Posidonius[16].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Apollonius Molon[17].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Socrates of Constantinople[18].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Holy Child of La Guardia[19].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Harold[20].
  • blood libel's significant person is recorded as Robert of Bury[21].
  • blood libel's significant place is recorded as Norwich[22].
  • blood libel's significant place is recorded as Lincoln[23].
  • blood libel's significant place is recorded as Blois[24].
  • blood libel's significant place is recorded as Fulda[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include antisemitic trope[2], human sacrifice[3], conspiracy theory[4], and Jewish conspiracy theory[5].

Why It Matters

blood libel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,757 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Lincoln Posidonius Socrates of Constantinople

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → pogrom
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283114405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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