The Green Children of Woolpit
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:legend
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:England
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| gptkbp:describedBy |
Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicon Anglicanum
William of Newburgh's Historia rerum Anglicarum |
| gptkbp:features |
two children with green skin
boy died shortly after discovery eventually lost green color girl survived and adapted refused all food except beans speaking unknown language |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Green Children of Woolpit
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| gptkbp:interpretedBy |
folk
possible allegory theories include Flemish immigrants theories include extraterrestrial origin |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Woolpit
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
green skin color
integration into local society mysterious origin of children |
| gptkbp:period |
12th century
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| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Suffolk
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Medieval_European_legends
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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