winged sandals of Hermes
E131456
The winged sandals of Hermes are a pair of divine, flying footwear from Greek mythology that grant their wearer the power of swift, effortless flight.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hermes' winged sandals | 1 |
| winged sandals of Hermes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1146496 — 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: winged sandals of Hermes Context triple: [Perseus, usedObject, winged sandals of Hermes]
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A.
Belt of Hippolyta
The Belt of Hippolyta is the magical girdle of the Amazon queen that Heracles was tasked with obtaining as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
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B.
Hades’s helm of invisibility
Hades’s helm of invisibility is a mythical divine helmet from Greek mythology that grants its wearer complete invisibility, famously used by gods and heroes to move unseen.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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E.
Hamsa
Hamsa is a divine swan or goose in Hindu mythology, symbolizing purity and spiritual discernment and serving as the sacred vehicle of the creator god Brahma.
- 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: winged sandals of Hermes Target entity description: The winged sandals of Hermes are a pair of divine, flying footwear from Greek mythology that grant their wearer the power of swift, effortless flight.
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A.
Belt of Hippolyta
The Belt of Hippolyta is the magical girdle of the Amazon queen that Heracles was tasked with obtaining as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
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B.
Hades’s helm of invisibility
Hades’s helm of invisibility is a mythical divine helmet from Greek mythology that grants its wearer complete invisibility, famously used by gods and heroes to move unseen.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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E.
Hamsa
Hamsa is a divine swan or goose in Hindu mythology, symbolizing purity and spiritual discernment and serving as the sacred vehicle of the creator god Brahma.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artifact in Greek mythology
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magical footwear ⓘ mythological object ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
myth of Perseus and Medusa
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various Hermes myths ⓘ |
| associatedDomain |
messenger service
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travel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hermes
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Olympian gods ⓘ Roman god Mercury ⓘ
linked to:
Mercury (Roman god)
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| belongsToTradition | Greco-Roman mythology ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greek mythology
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linked to:
Greek mythology
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| depictedIn |
ancient Greek vase painting
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classical sculpture ⓘ |
| function |
enable rapid travel between worlds
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enable wearer to fly ⓘ |
| grantsAbility |
effortless movement through air
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flight ⓘ swift movement ⓘ traversing boundaries between mortal and divine realms ⓘ |
| hasName | talaria ⓘ |
| hasPart | wings ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
flying
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winged ⓘ |
| hasStatus | unique item ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern fantasy depictions of flying boots
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modern symbol of speed ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| loanedTo | Perseus ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
aid to divine messenger
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aid to heroic quests ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
caduceus of Hermes
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petasos of Hermes ⓘ
linked to:
Hermes
|
| sometimesClassifiedAs |
divine gift
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magical artifact ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
commerce and travel (via Hermes)
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divine messenger role ⓘ mobility ⓘ speed ⓘ |
| temporalContext | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hermes
ⓘ
Perseus ⓘ |
| wornBy |
Hermes
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Roman god Mercury ⓘ
linked to:
Mercury (Roman god)
|
| wornOn | feet ⓘ |
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: winged sandals of Hermes Description of subject: The winged sandals of Hermes are a pair of divine, flying footwear from Greek mythology that grant their wearer the power of swift, effortless flight.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: winged sandals of Hermes