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fantasy

genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore
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fantasy

Summary

fantasy is a speculative fiction genre[1]. fantasy draws 1,487 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #3 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • fantasy's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3].
  • fantasy is a type of speculative fiction[4].
  • fantasy's Commons category is recorded as Fantasy (genre)[5].
  • fantasy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fantasy[6].
  • fantasy's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Fantasy[7].
  • fantasy's partially coincident with is recorded as mirabilia[8].
  • fantasy's topic has template is recorded as Template:Fantasy fiction[9].
  • fantasy's different from is recorded as literary fairy tale[10].
  • fantasy's different from is recorded as fantastique[11].
  • fantasy's different from is recorded as fantastique literature[12].
  • fantasy's hashtag is recorded as fantasy[13].
  • fantasy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • fantasy's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of fantasy[15].
  • fantasy's Stack Exchange site URL is recorded as https://scifi.stackexchange.com[16].
  • fantasy's fandom is recorded as fantasy fandom[17].

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Definition and Type

fantasy's instance of is recorded as speculative fiction genre[3]. fantasy is a type of speculative fiction[4].

Influence

Things named for fantasy include urban fantasy[18], a fantasy genre[19] and low fantasy[20], a fantasy genre[21].

Why It Matters

fantasy draws 1,487 Wikipedia views per month (speculative_fiction_genre category, ranking #3 of 21).[2] fantasy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] fantasy is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for fantasy include urban fantasy[18], a fantasy genre[19] and low fantasy[20], a fantasy genre[21].

Related Entities

A Clash of Kings A Dance with Dragons A Feast for Crows A Game of Thrones Akira Toriyama Andre Norton Andrzej Sapkowski Anne Rice A Storm of Swords Ben Bova Boris Hansen Brandon Sanderson Breaking Dawn Brisingr China Miéville Christopher Paolini Christopher Tolkien C. J. Cherryh Clark Ashton Smith Clifford D. Simak Cornelia Funke C. S. Lewis Dan Simmons David Gemmell Diana Gabaldon Diana Wynne Jones Eclipse Edgar Rice Burroughs Eldest Eragon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Decitre. Retrieved . decitre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Decitre. Retrieved . decitre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iab code → 335
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5250]]: 335"
  2. 10d ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → mirabilia
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → speculative fiction
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1057172]]"
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