Mother Goose

fictional character
Person literary_character Q142305
Mother Goose
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Mother Goose

Summary

Mother Goose is a literary character[1]. She worked as a poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4]. She has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

Key Facts

  • Mother Goose's professions included poet[2].
  • Mother Goose's professions included storyteller[3].
  • Mother Goose's professions included writer[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Mother Goose is The Tales of my Mother Goose[6].
  • A notable work attributed to Mother Goose is Mother Goose’s Melody[7].
  • Mother Goose is recorded as female[8].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as literary character[9].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as folklore character[10].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as comics character[11].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as theatrical character[12].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic goose[13].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as fictional human[14].
  • Mother Goose's instance of is recorded as pen name[15].
  • Mother Goose's Commons category is recorded as Mother Goose[16].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction[17].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as De la nature, vertu, et utilité des plantes[18].
  • Mother Goose's described by source is recorded as The Christian Science Monitor[19].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as The Tales of my Mother Goose[20].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Ma mère l'oye[21].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Satire 15[22].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Melincourt[23].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Ma mère l'oye[24].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as letter 5[25].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Mother Goose’s Melody[26].
  • Mother Goose's present in work is recorded as Mother Goose’s Melody[27].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include The Tales of my Mother Goose[6], a literary cycle[28], founded in 1695[29], written by Charles Perrault[30] and she’s Melody[7], a literary work[31], founded in 1772[32].

Why It Matters

Mother Goose has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] She is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What did Mother Goose do for work?

Mother Goose worked as poet[2], storyteller[3], and writer[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . republication. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: 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
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work → Mother Goose
    Sex or gender → female
    Notable work → The Tales of my Mother Goose, Mother Goose’s Melody
    Described by source → An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, De la nature, vertu, et utilité des plantes, The Christian Science Monitor
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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