Prancer

E37296

Prancer is one of Santa Claus's legendary flying reindeer, traditionally depicted as helping pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dasher 2

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas character
Santa Claus reindeer
fictional reindeer
mythical creature
alsoKnownAs The Night Before Christmas reindeer
appearsIn Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
surface form: A Visit from St. Nicholas
appearsInSong Rudolph
surface form: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (as part of the reindeer list)
associatedWith Christmas
Christmas Eve
Santa Claus
createdBy Clement Clarke Moore
culturalOrigin Western Christmas tradition
featuredIn Christmas films
Christmas folklore
Christmas songs
children's books
firstMentionedIn Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
surface form: 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas
genre holiday folklore character
hasAbility flight
pulling magical sleigh
hasRole flying reindeer
hasTrait festive
loyal to Santa Claus
magical
holiday Christmas
languageOfOrigin English-language literature
listedWith Blitzen
Comet
Cupid
Dancer
Dasher
Donder
Vixen
memberOf Santa Claus's reindeer team
primaryFunction helping deliver Christmas presents
pullsSleighOf Santa Claus
timeOfActivity Christmas Eve night
transportMode Santa Claus's reindeer team
surface form: Santa's sleigh
typicalDepiction reindeer with harness and bells
worksFor Santa Claus

Referenced by (11)

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

Blitzen appearsWith Prancer
Rudolph appearsWith Prancer
Comet fliesWith Prancer
Cupid hasCompanion Prancer
Vixen listedWith Prancer
Dancer mentionedTogetherWith Prancer
this entity surface form: Dasher
Dancer mentionedTogetherWith Prancer
Santa Claus notableReindeer Prancer
this entity surface form: Dasher
Santa Claus notableReindeer Prancer
subject surface form: A Visit from St. Nicholas
Donner teammate Prancer