Ceryneian Hind
E122735
The Ceryneian Hind is a mythical, swift, golden-horned deer sacred to Artemis that Heracles was tasked with capturing alive as one of his Twelve Labours.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceryneian Hind canonical | 7 |
| CeryneianHind | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934153 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceryneian Hind Context triple: [Heracles, labour, Ceryneian Hind]
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A.
Arion
Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.
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B.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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C.
Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a magical creature from the Harry Potter series, depicted as a proud, eagle-headed, horse-bodied being that can fly and serve as a mount for wizards.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ceryneian Hind Target entity description: The Ceryneian Hind is a mythical, swift, golden-horned deer sacred to Artemis that Heracles was tasked with capturing alive as one of his Twelve Labours.
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A.
Arion
Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.
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B.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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C.
Hippogriff
A Hippogriff is a magical creature from the Harry Potter series, depicted as a proud, eagle-headed, horse-bodied being that can fly and serve as a mount for wizards.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creature in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythical animal ⓘ sacred deer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Heracles
ⓘ
Twelve Labours of Heracles ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
|
| belongsToMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| captureCondition | had to be captured alive ⓘ |
| capturedAt | near the river Ladon ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| capturedUsing |
net or trap in some versions
ⓘ
wounding without killing in some versions ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Artemis in some accounts ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
golden-horned
ⓘ
swift ⓘ |
| hasColor | golden horns ⓘ |
| hasCompanions | other sacred deer of Artemis in some versions ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasHoovesOf | bronze in some versions ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | hind ⓘ |
| hornMaterial |
bronze in some traditions
ⓘ
gold in some traditions ⓘ |
| labourNumber | third labour of Heracles ⓘ |
| laterFate |
returned to Artemis in some versions
ⓘ
taken to Eurystheus only briefly in some versions ⓘ |
| livesIn |
Arcadia
ⓘ
Ceryneia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Pausanias ⓘ later mythographic traditions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ability to outrun arrows
ⓘ
extraordinary speed ⓘ |
| orderedCapturedBy | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| originStory | one of five golden-horned deer created by Artemis in some versions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Twelve Labours of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
|
| protectedBy | Artemis ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| pursuitDuration | one year ⓘ |
| releasedBy | Heracles after dispute with Artemis in some versions ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
demonstration of Heracles’ endurance
ⓘ
test of Heracles’ piety toward Artemis ⓘ |
| sacredTo | Artemis ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
devotion to Artemis
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elusiveness ⓘ respect for the gods ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | Eurystheus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ceryneian Hind Description of subject: The Ceryneian Hind is a mythical, swift, golden-horned deer sacred to Artemis that Heracles was tasked with capturing alive as one of his Twelve Labours.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ceryneian Hind