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
Santa Claus’s reindeer
fictional reindeer
literary character
appearsIn A Visit from St. Nicholas
’Twas the Night Before Christmas
associatedWithEvent delivery of Christmas presents
associatedWithFigure Santa Claus
associatedWithHoliday Christmas
associatedWithLocation North Pole
belongsToTradition Santa’s reindeer lore
culturalOrigin American Christmas folklore
featuredInGenre Christmas fiction
children’s literature
holiday films
firstAppearanceDate 1823
fliesOnOccasion Christmas Eve
gender traditionally male
hasCompanion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
hasCreator Clement Clarke Moore
hasFictionalStatus mythical animal
hasIconography flying reindeer in winter night sky
hasMedium advertising
film
literature
music
television
hasNotableLineContext “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!”
hasRole pulling Santa’s sleigh
hasTrait flying
graceful
swift
influencedBy European reindeer and sleigh folklore
languageOfOrigin English
mentionedTogetherWith Blitzen
Comet
Cupid
Dasher
Donder
Prancer
Vixen
nameEtymology derived from the English word “dance”
partOf Santa’s eight original reindeer
pullsVehicle Santa’s sleigh
species reindeer
targetAudience children
teamMemberOf Santa Claus’s sleigh team

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Santa Claus
notableReindeer
A Visit from St. Nicholas
reindeerName

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