Eye of Ra
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The Eye of Ra is an ancient Egyptian symbol and deity representing the sun god Ra’s protective, vengeful, and all-seeing power, often personified by goddesses such as Wadjet.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eye of Ra canonical | 6 |
| Eye of Horus | 1 |
| Eye of Ra (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Eye of the Sun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1085393 — 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: Eye of Ra Context triple: [Wadjet, title, Eye of Ra]
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A.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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B.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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C.
Sothis
Sothis is an ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the star Sirius, associated with the Nile’s inundation and often linked with the goddess Isis.
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D.
Amun
Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity, often associated with the sun and creation and later merged with Ra as Amun-Ra, who became one of the chief gods of the Egyptian pantheon.
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E.
Horus
Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
- 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: Eye of Ra Target entity description: The Eye of Ra is an ancient Egyptian symbol and deity representing the sun god Ra’s protective, vengeful, and all-seeing power, often personified by goddesses such as Wadjet.
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A.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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B.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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C.
Sothis
Sothis is an ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the star Sirius, associated with the Nile’s inundation and often linked with the goddess Isis.
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D.
Amun
Amun is a major ancient Egyptian deity, often associated with the sun and creation and later merged with Ra as Amun-Ra, who became one of the chief gods of the Egyptian pantheon.
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E.
Horus
Horus is a major ancient Egyptian sky and kingship god, often depicted as a falcon or falcon-headed man and closely associated with divine rulership and protection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian deity
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian symbol ⓘ solar symbol ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of the Dead
ⓘ
Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ra
ⓘ
Uraeus ⓘ
linked to:
Wadjet
pharaoh ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
embodiment of the sun’s heat
ⓘ
guardian of cosmic order ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Heliopolis ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
cobra
ⓘ
eye with cobra ⓘ solar disk ⓘ |
| directionalAssociation | right eye ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Eye of Horus ⓘ |
| function |
destroyer of Ra’s enemies
ⓘ
protector of the king ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | solar eye myth ⓘ |
| opposedTo | enemies of Ra ⓘ |
| personifiedBy |
Bastet
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Hathor ⓘ Mut ⓘ Sekhmet ⓘ Tefnut ⓘ Wadjet ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Eye of Horus ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| represents |
all-seeing power
ⓘ
power of Ra ⓘ protective power ⓘ vengeful power ⓘ |
| role |
avenging deity
ⓘ
protective deity ⓘ solar eye goddess ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
destruction of enemies
ⓘ
divine protection ⓘ royal authority ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Old Kingdom of Egypt
|
| usedAs |
funerary symbol
ⓘ
protective amulet ⓘ temple decoration ⓘ |
| wornOn | forehead of the pharaoh ⓘ |
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: Eye of Ra Description of subject: The Eye of Ra is an ancient Egyptian symbol and deity representing the sun god Ra’s protective, vengeful, and all-seeing power, often personified by goddesses such as Wadjet.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eye of Ra