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witching hour

time of day when the devil, demons or ghosts are supposed to come out
Class type of: time interval Q2711974

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
recurring event, superstition, time of day[3][4]
Follows
midnight, 3 AM, fasting night in Islam[5][6][7]
Followed by
2 AM, 4 AM, astronomical dawn[8][9][10]
Duration
1.5[19]
Subclass of
time interval[11]
Part of
night[12]
Described by source
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān, Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English), Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (EI-2 French)[15][16][17]
Event interval
1.0[20]
Has characteristic
supernatural[18]
Influenced by
canonical hours[2]
Significant event
witchcraft[13]
Time of earliest written record
1835[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en witching hour en ashar en devil's hour en sahar ar سَحَرٌ ar أَسْحَارٌ ar الْأَسْحَارُ ar السَّحَرُ ar ساعة السحر de ashar es ashar es hora de las brujas es sahar fr ashar fr sahar fr The Witching Hour he שעת כישוף it Ora del diavolo ja ウィッチング・アワー ja 丑三つ時
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
W4402391907as of 2026-09-23
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
BabelNet ID
21348157n
DOI
10.1163/2667-3401_CITM_COM_0212125
Described at URL
referenceworks.brill.com
Dictionary of Qur'anic Usage ID
SIM-000790
EU Knowledge Graph item ID
Robert Nicholson
Golden ID
Witching_hour-MAJ6KN
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11fzd0j392

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Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān, Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (EI-2 French), Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)
Instance of 2
superstition, time of day
Follows 1
midnight
Has characteristic 1
supernatural
Influenced by 1
canonical hours
Part of 1
night
Significant event 1
witchcraft
Subclass of 1
time interval
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Summary

witching hour is a recurring event[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . referenceworks.brill.com. Retrieved . referenceworks.brill.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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