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cult image

human-made object that is venerated for the deity, spirit or daemon that it represents
Class type of: religious object, religious work of art Q2820111

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
religious object, religious work of art
Has use
cult[4]
Described by source
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Otto's encyclopedia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Named after
Buddharupa[3]
Partially coincident with
idol[17]
Said to be the same as
idol[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en ritual object en idola en idol en fetish en cult image ar أصنام ar الأصنام ar الأوثان ar صنم ar وثن cs modla cs idol da Idol (gudebillede) de Götzenbild de Abgott el Είδωλο es idolo es ídolo es imagen de culto fa بت
🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Idol 080717.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300178240
Biblissima authority ID
Westbrook
Concepticon concept set ID
1945
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān ID
EQSIM-00207
FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID
95962
Freebase ID
/m/09xv7p
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
idol
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
115k (109k–188k, n=3)
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2000482
Grove Art Online ID
T020627
KBpedia ID
Idol
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Museum-digital tag ID
1656
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/4C2B062E-D718-4DED-B112-4A56D4083A1A
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
13227
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtDJq0cNqm8S
Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID
IDOL
Topic's main category
Category:Cult images

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🔗 Connections
Examples 13
golden calf, Idol of Pomos, Suwa', Zbruch Idol, Guatimac, Golden Woman, Imiut fetish, Idolo de Tara +5 more
Subtypes 7
linga, yoni, murti, shaligram, honzon, statue of grace, enigmatic tablet
Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
← Depicts 2
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols
Has use 1
cult
Named after 1
Buddharupa
Topic's main category 1
Category:Cult images
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Cult images
← Genre 1
Guatimac
← Has characteristic 1
idolatry
← Has use 1
featherwork
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Summary

cult image is a type of religious object[1] and religious work of art[2].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Artsiom91 · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [be] label: ідал"
  2. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Westbrook
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q295381, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  3. 23w ago · Humoyun Qodirov · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Cult images
    Described by source → Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    Has use → cult
    Said to be the same as → idol
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Merged from another item"
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