Tevye the Dairyman

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Jewish character fictional character literary character protagonist

Tevye the Dairyman is a fictional Jewish milkman from Sholem Aleichem’s Yiddish stories, known for his humorous, philosophical monologues and as the basis for the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Tevye the Dairyman canonical	2
Fiddler on the Roof (stage role: Tevye)	1
Tevye and His Daughters	1
Tevye and his Daughters	1
Tevye der milkhiker (1939 film)	1
Tevye in multiple international tours of "Fiddler on the Roof"	1
Tevye the Dairyman (stories by Sholem Aleichem)	1
Tevye the Dairyman stories by Sholem Aleichem	1
stories of Sholem Aleichem	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ
adaptedAs	film character in Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film) ⓘ stage musical character in Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
appearsIn	Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ Tevye the Dairyman self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tevye and His Daughters Tevye the Dairyman stories ⓘ
basedOn	Jewish shtetl life in Eastern Europe ⓘ
characterTrait	humorous ⓘ philosophical ⓘ pious ⓘ talkative ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russian Empire ⓘ
creator	Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic figure of Eastern European Jewish folklore ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
firstAppearance	1894 ⓘ
hasDaughter	Bielke ⓘ Chava ⓘ Hodel ⓘ Shprintze ⓘ Tzeitel ⓘ
hasSpouse	Golde ⓘ
influenced	Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (musical)
knownFor	conversations with God ⓘ monologues ⓘ wry humor ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork	Yiddish ⓘ
literaryForm	monologue-driven narrative ⓘ
literaryGenre	Yiddish literature ⓘ
medium	short stories ⓘ
narrativeRole	first-person narrator ⓘ
notableQuoteStyle	biblical misquotations and allusions ⓘ
occupation	dairyman ⓘ milkman ⓘ
placeOfResidence	Anatevka ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
setting	shtetl ⓘ
speaksTo	God ⓘ
theme	Jewish life in the diaspora ⓘ faith under hardship ⓘ family and marriage ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Sholem Rabinovich → notableWork → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

Anatevka → relatedWork → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye the Dairyman (stories by Sholem Aleichem)

Chaim Topol → notableWork → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (stage role: Tevye)

Chaim Topol → notableRole → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye in multiple international tours of "Fiddler on the Roof"

If I Were a Rich Man → basedOn → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: stories of Sholem Aleichem

To Life → basedOn → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye and his Daughters

Do You Love Me? → basedOn → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye the Dairyman stories by Sholem Aleichem

Motl, Peysi the Cantor’s Son → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

Maurice Schwartz → notableWork → Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye der milkhiker (1939 film)

Tevye the Dairyman → appearsIn → Tevye the Dairyman self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye and His Daughters