Dancer
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Dancer is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, typically depicted as a swift and graceful member of his Christmas Eve sleigh team.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas character
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Santa Claus’s reindeer → fictional reindeer → literary character → |
| appearsIn |
A Visit from St. Nicholas
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas → |
| associatedWithEvent |
delivery of Christmas presents
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| associatedWithFigure |
Santa Claus
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| associatedWithHoliday |
Christmas
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| associatedWithLocation |
North Pole
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| belongsToTradition |
Santa’s reindeer lore
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| culturalOrigin |
American Christmas folklore
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| featuredInGenre |
Christmas fiction
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children’s literature → holiday films → |
| firstAppearanceDate |
1823
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| fliesOnOccasion |
Christmas Eve
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| gender |
traditionally male
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| hasCompanion |
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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| hasCreator |
Clement Clarke Moore
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| hasFictionalStatus |
mythical animal
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| hasIconography |
flying reindeer in winter night sky
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| hasMedium |
advertising
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film → literature → music → television → |
| hasNotableLineContext |
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!”
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| hasRole |
pulling Santa’s sleigh
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| hasTrait |
flying
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graceful → swift → |
| influencedBy |
European reindeer and sleigh folklore
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| languageOfOrigin |
English
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| mentionedTogetherWith |
Blitzen
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Comet → Cupid → Dasher → Donder → Prancer → Vixen → |
| nameEtymology |
derived from the English word “dance”
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| partOf |
Santa’s eight original reindeer
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| pullsVehicle |
Santa’s sleigh
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| species |
reindeer
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| targetAudience |
children
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| teamMemberOf |
Santa Claus’s sleigh team
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Santa Claus
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notableReindeer |
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A Visit from St. Nicholas
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reindeerName |