wild man

mythical figure common in western European legend
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wild man

Summary

wild man ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,614 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wild man is a type of mythic humanoid[2].
  • wild man's Commons category is recorded as Wild man in art[3].
  • wild man's said to be the same as is recorded as Yeti[4].
  • wild man's narrative location is recorded as Western Europe[5].
  • wild man's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wild man in art[6].
  • wild man's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[7].
  • wild man's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • wild man's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • wild man's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of German Art History[10].
  • wild man's partially coincident with is recorded as Q44810[11].
  • wild man's has characteristic is recorded as hairiness[12].
  • wild man's has characteristic is recorded as wildness[13].

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Definition and Type

wild man is a type of mythic humanoid[2].

Why It Matters

wild man ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,614 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . rdklabor.de. rdklabor.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Yeti
    Partially coincident with Q44810
    Subclass of
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556009305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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