Lilliput

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Lilliput is a fictional island nation of tiny people from Jonathan Swift’s satirical novel "Gulliver’s Travels," often depicted in adaptations as a whimsical miniature kingdom.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lilliput canonical 6
Lilliputians 2
Emperor of Lilliput 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country ⓘ
fictional island ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
adaptedIn animated adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ
film adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ
stage adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ
television adaptations of Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ
allegoricalTarget Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
appearsIn Gulliver’s Travels ⓘ
linked to: Gulliver's Travels
capital Mildendo ⓘ
countryOfAuthor Kingdom of Ireland (through Jonathan Swift) ⓘ
countryOfFictionalUniverse Gulliver’s Travels universe ⓘ
creator Jonathan Swift ⓘ
custom political offices awarded by rope-dancing ability ⓘ
depictedAs whimsical miniature kingdom in adaptations ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork Gulliver’s Travels, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Gulliver's Travels
firstAppearanceYear 1726 ⓘ
genreContext satire ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact inspired toy sets and model worlds ⓘ
used in popular culture to denote miniature worlds ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of Lilliput ⓘ
linked to: Lilliput
influenced term "Lilliputian" meaning very small ⓘ
inhabitedBy Lilliputians ⓘ
knownFor conflict with Blefuscu ⓘ
miniature scale of inhabitants and environment ⓘ
languageOfWork English (original literary depiction) ⓘ
lawFeature severe punishments for minor offenses ⓘ
literaryFormContext travel narrative parody ⓘ
literaryMovementContext Augustan literature ⓘ
locatedInFictionalOcean Indian Ocean (fictionalized) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean
mediumOfOrigin novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction satirical representation of British politics ⓘ
narrativeRoleForGulliver first major voyage destination ⓘ
narrativeTheme critique of court intrigue and favoritism ⓘ
relativity of size and perspective ⓘ
notableConflict war over egg-breaking customs ⓘ
officialReligion worship of the Sun (in the novel’s description) ⓘ
partOf the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver ⓘ
linked to: Gulliver's Travels
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
populationCharacteristic tiny people about six inches tall ⓘ
rivalAllegoricalTarget France (through Blefuscu) ⓘ
rivalCountry Blefuscu ⓘ
symbolizes arbitrariness of religious and political conflicts ⓘ
pettiness of political disputes ⓘ
timeOfCreation early 18th century ⓘ
visitedBy Lemuel Gulliver ⓘ
workTypeOfOrigin prose fiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver → setting → Lilliput ⓘ
Mistress Masham's Repose → featuresSpeciesOrGroup → Lilliputians ⓘ
linked to: Lilliput
Lemuel Gulliver → visits → Lilliput ⓘ
Lemuel Gulliver → encounters → Lilliputians ⓘ
linked to: Lilliput
Lemuel Gulliver → shipwreckedOn → Lilliput ⓘ
Lemuel Gulliver → appearsIn → Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput ⓘ
linked to: Lilliput
Brobdingnag → contrastedWith → Lilliput ⓘ
Lilliput → headOfStateTitle → Emperor of Lilliput ⓘ
linked to: Lilliput