Luggnagg

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Luggnagg is a fictional island kingdom in Jonathan Swift's satirical novel "Gulliver's Travels," notable for its immortal but perpetually aging inhabitants called Struldbrugs.

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Luggnagg canonical 3

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional island kingdom ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsIn Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
authorNationalityOfWork Irish-English ⓘ
countryInFiction Gulliver's Travels universe ⓘ
linked to: Gulliver's Travels
countryOfOriginOfWork Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy Jonathan Swift ⓘ
describedIn Part III, chapters 9–10 of Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
firstAppearance Gulliver's Travels, Part III ⓘ
linked to: Gulliver's Travels
firstPublicationYear 1726 ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
governmentTypeInFiction monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalInFiction Traldragdubh ⓘ
hasFictionalCustom marking Struldbrugs with a red dot above the left eyebrow at birth ⓘ
hasFictionalEthnicGroup Struldbrugs ⓘ
hasFictionalLaw Struldbrugs are legally dead at age eighty ⓘ
hasFictionalReligionElement ritual of licking the floor before the king ⓘ
hasFictionalSocialIssue miserable immortality of Struldbrugs ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
mortality and aging ⓘ
vanity of human wishes ⓘ
inhabitantDesignationInFiction Luggnaggians ⓘ
linked to: Balnibarbians
languageInFiction Luggnaggian language ⓘ
literaryPeriod Augustan literature ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse same world as Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Laputa ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction satirizes human wish for eternal life ⓘ
notableFor Struldbrugs ⓘ
immortal but perpetually aging inhabitants ⓘ
partOf the fictional geography of Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
symbolizes arbitrary and absolute monarchy ⓘ
travelRouteInStory between Japan and Balnibarbi ⓘ
usedAsAllegoryFor corruption and decay associated with extreme old age ⓘ
dangers of desiring immortality ⓘ
visitedBy Lemuel Gulliver ⓘ
workLanguage English (original text describing it) ⓘ

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

Gulliver's Travels → setting → Luggnagg ⓘ
Lemuel Gulliver → visits → Luggnagg ⓘ
Glubbdubdrib → relatedWork → Luggnagg ⓘ