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narrative motif
thematic unit in a narrative or literary work used to develop a theme, mood or plot

Represents	narrative motif (Q1697305)
Data type	Item
Domain	work (Q386724) or folktale type (Q47451145)
Example	Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Q217352) → doppelgänger (Q461363) Lolita (Q127149) → Lepidoptera (Q28319) Psycho (Q163038) → stairs (Q12511) Death Fugue (Q320620) → milk (Q8495) Wuthering Heights (Q202975) → window (Q35473) Edda (Q108652) → deity has magic vision only from their throne (Q111807140)
See also	depicts (P180), main subject (P921), characters (P674), narrative location (P840), set in period (P2408), uses (P2283), motif represents (P6875)
Lists	Items with the most statements of this property Count of items by number of statements (chart) Items with the most statements Items with the fewest statements Count of items by number of sitelinks (chart) Items with the most sitelinks Items with the most sitelinks, but no link to one Wikipedia (sample: Welsh Wikipedia, cywiki) Items with the fewest sitelinks Most linked wikis Items with the most identifier properties By value of property Most statements Fewest statements Most sitelinks Most linked wikis Total of sitelinks on items Most identifiers Fewest identifiers Items with no other statements Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Chart by item creation date Database reports/Constraint violations/P6962 Map Random list
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Current uses	Total 3,991 Main statement 3,985 99.8% of uses Qualifier 6 0.2% of uses
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Type “work (Q386724), folktale type (Q47451145)”: item must contain property “instance of (P31)” with classes “work (Q386724), folktale type (Q47451145)” or their subclasses (defined using subclass of (P279)). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P6962#Type Q386724, Q47451145, SPARQL

Citation needed: the property must have at least one reference (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P6962#citation needed

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Please explain when to use this property, and when main subject (P921)? Or simply uses (P2283). --Infovarius (talk) 16:30, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

• main subject (P921) is to be used to indicate what a narrative work is about. This property is to be used to indicate the literary motifs (narrative motif (Q1697305), meaning recurring elements that are used to develop theme or mood. E.g. in Nabokov's Lolita butterflies are a central motif linked, besides others, to Lolita's fragility. But the butterfly is not a main subject (it is not a subject at all). If in doubt you can consult secondary sources and check if they deem a literary element a motif or not. uses (P2283) does not have a defined use for narrative works. - Valentina.Anitnelav (talk) 07:40, 19 June 2021 (UTC)