Erinys
E131866
Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Erinys canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934198 — 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: Erinys Context triple: [Demeter, epithet, Erinys]
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A.
Themis
Themis is the Greek Titaness and goddess of divine law, order, and prophetic wisdom, often associated with oracular sites such as Delphi.
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B.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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C.
Niobe
Niobe is a figure in Greek mythology whose tragic story centers on her pride in her many children and the devastating divine retribution that followed.
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D.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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E.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
- 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: Erinys Target entity description: Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
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A.
Themis
Themis is the Greek Titaness and goddess of divine law, order, and prophetic wisdom, often associated with oracular sites such as Delphi.
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B.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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C.
Niobe
Niobe is a figure in Greek mythology whose tragic story centers on her pride in her many children and the devastating divine retribution that followed.
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D.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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E.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
divine epithet
ⓘ
epithet ⓘ |
| appliedTo | Demeter in her pursuit of those responsible for Persephone’s abduction ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Persephone ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth | abduction of Persephone ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
grief
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loss of a child ⓘ maternal anger ⓘ retribution ⓘ |
| belongsToMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| contrastsWithAspectOf | Demeter as a nurturing grain goddess ⓘ |
| emphasizesAspectOf |
vengeful aspect of Demeter
ⓘ
wrathful aspect of Demeter ⓘ |
| epithetOf | Demeter ⓘ |
| hasCulture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| hasFunction | to denote Demeter’s furious pursuit of justice ⓘ |
| hasGenderAssociation | female divine figure ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
myths of Demeter’s search for Persephone
ⓘ
linked to:
abduction of Persephone
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| isUsedInContext |
cultic or mythic references to Demeter’s vengeance
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literary descriptions of Demeter’s rage ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo |
Erinyes (Furies)
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linked to:
Erinyes
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| relatedConcept |
chthonic aspects of Demeter
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divine retribution ⓘ mother–daughter bond in myth ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Demeter Erinys (aspect of Demeter) ⓘ |
| semanticField |
anger
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punishment ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| sharesRootTermWith | Erinyes ⓘ |
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: Erinys Description of subject: Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.