Blixem

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Blixem is an alternative name for Blitzen, one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer known from the Christmas poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blixem canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional reindeer
literary character
mythical creature
appearsIn ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
surface form: A Visit from St. Nicholas

’Twas the Night Before Christmas
surface form: The Night Before Christmas
associatedWith Christmas
Christmas Eve
Santa Claus
createdBy Clement Clarke Moore
culturalOrigin American Christmas folklore
firstAppearanceDate 1823
firstAppearedIn poem
hasAlternativeName Blitzen
hasGender male (traditional depiction)
hasNameVariant Blitzen
hasSpellingVariant Bliksem
influenced later depictions of Santa's reindeer
languageOfName Dutch
listedWith Comet
Cupid
Dancer
Dasher
Donder
Prancer
Vixen
medium literature
nameMeaning lightning
partOf Santa Claus's reindeer team
pulls Santa Claus's sleigh
role flying reindeer

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blitzen alsoKnownAs Blixem
Blitzen the reindeer alsoKnownAs Blixem
subject surface form: Blitzen