Vixen
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Vixen is one of Santa Claus’s traditional flying reindeer, commonly depicted as part of the team that pulls his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christmas character
→
Santa Claus reindeer → fictional reindeer → mythical animal → |
| alsoKnownAs |
’Twas the Night Before Christmas
→
surface form: "The Night Before Christmas"
|
| appearsIn |
Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
→
surface form: "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
|
| associatedWith |
Christmas
→
Christmas Eve → Santa Claus → |
| culturalOrigin | Western Christmas folklore → |
| describedBy | Clement Clarke Moore → |
| featuredIn |
Christmas decorations
→
Christmas films → Christmas songs → Christmas stories → Christmas television specials → |
| fictionalUniverse | Santa Claus mythology → |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1823 → |
| genre | holiday folklore → |
| hasAbility | flight → |
| hasMedium |
animation
→
film → literature → merchandise → music → |
| hasRole | flying reindeer → |
| holiday | Christmas → |
| languageOfName | English → |
| listedInLine | "On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!" → |
| listedWith |
Blitzen
→
Comet → Cupid → Dancer → Dasher → Donder → Prancer → |
| nameEtymology | derived from English word "vixen" meaning female fox → |
| partOf | Santa Claus's reindeer team → |
| popularIn |
Canada
→
United Kingdom → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
other English-speaking countries → |
| portrayedAs | reindeer with antlers → |
| pulls | Santa Claus's sleigh → |
| purpose | help deliver Christmas presents → |
| travelsOn | Christmas Eve → |
| travelsWith | Santa Claus → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "A Visit from St. Nicholas"