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danse macabre

artistic motif on the universality of death
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danse macabre
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Summary

danse macabre is an artistic theme[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of artistic theme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,570 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: allegory[3]
  • Commons category: Danse Macabre[4]
  • Country of origin: France[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Danse Macabre[6]
  • Main subject: death[7]
  • Facet of: triumph of Death[8], Death[9]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[12], Otto's encyclopedia[13], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16]
  • Different from: triumph of Death[17]

Why It Matters

danse macabre has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q298258
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0350535-tanec-smrti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0350535-tanec-smrti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → triumph of Death
    Facet of → triumph of Death, Death
    Country of origin → France
    Main subject → death
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 22145, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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