harpies

half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds from Greek and Roman mythology generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens
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harpies

Summary

harpies is a group of Greek mythical characters[1]. harpies ranks in the top 8% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (835 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • harpies's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters[3].
  • harpies's instance of is recorded as group of fictional characters[4].
  • harpies's instance of is recorded as fictional creature[5].
  • harpies's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[6].
  • harpies is a type of mythical human-animal hybrid[7].
  • harpies is a type of Bird women[8].
  • harpies's Commons category is recorded as Harpies[9].
  • harpies comprises Aello[10].
  • harpies comprises Ocypete[11].
  • harpies comprises Celaeno[12].
  • harpies's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Harpies[13].
  • harpies's worshipped by is recorded as Greek mythology[14].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[15].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[21].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • harpies's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
  • harpies's present in work is recorded as Odyssey[24].
  • harpies's name in native language is recorded as Άρπυιες[25].
  • harpies's different from is recorded as harpy in a work of fiction[26].
  • harpies's P14750 is recorded as B639-1F60-A020-1DB0-4EB5[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include group of Greek mythical characters[3], group of fictional characters[4], fictional creature[5], and mythological Greek character[6]. Recorded subclass of include mythical human-animal hybrid[7] and Bird women[8].

Use and Application

Components include Aello[10], a mythical creature[28]; Ocypete[11], a mythical human-animal hybrid[29]; and Celaeno[12].

Why It Matters

harpies ranks in the top 8% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (835 views/month).[2] harpies has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] harpies is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 19d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno
    Mother
    Sex or gender
    Father
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P21]]: [[Q6581072]], перемещено в / was moved to [[Q380832]], [[Q3141720]], [[Q753903]]"
  2. 27d ago · JBradyK · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q380832]]"
  3. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 B639-1F60-A020-1DB0-4EB5
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: B639-1F60-A020-1DB0-4EB5, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  4. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Mandela
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296480, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 13w ago · Ske · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of mythical human-animal hybrid, Bird women
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q111916038]]"
  6. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Worshipped by Greek mythology
    Subclass of mythical human-animal hybrid, Bird women
    Instance of group of Greek mythical characters, group of fictional characters, fictional creature +1
    Father
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q14514600]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q24577840]] → [[Q14514600]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q24577840_Q1451"
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