Wotan
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Wotan is the chief god in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, a complex, fate-bound ruler whose actions drive much of the epic opera’s drama.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wotan canonical | 22 |
| Wotan (as the Wanderer) | 1 |
| Wotan in disguise as the Wanderer | 1 |
| Wotan’s will | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22103346 — 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: Wotan Context triple: [Brünnhilde, associatedWith, Wotan]
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A.
Wotan
Wotan is a powerful and ancient sorcerer supervillain in DC Comics, known primarily as one of Doctor Fate’s most formidable mystical adversaries.
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B.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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C.
Brünnhilde
Brünnhilde is a legendary Valkyrie heroine from Germanic and Norse mythology, most famously depicted in Richard Wagner’s "Ring" cycle as a warrior maiden who defies the gods for love.
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D.
Wotan II
Wotan II was the Allied codename for the German World War II radio navigation system Y-Gerät, used by the Luftwaffe for precision bombing.
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E.
Sigfred
Sigfred was a Viking leader known for commanding Norse forces during the late 9th-century siege of Paris.
- 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: Wotan Target entity description: Wotan is the chief god in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, a complex, fate-bound ruler whose actions drive much of the epic opera’s drama.
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A.
Wotan
Wotan is a powerful and ancient sorcerer supervillain in DC Comics, known primarily as one of Doctor Fate’s most formidable mystical adversaries.
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B.
Alberich
Alberich is a figure from Germanic and Norse legend, often depicted as a powerful dwarf or elf associated with treasure and magical knowledge.
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C.
Brünnhilde
Brünnhilde is a legendary Valkyrie heroine from Germanic and Norse mythology, most famously depicted in Richard Wagner’s "Ring" cycle as a warrior maiden who defies the gods for love.
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D.
Wotan II
Wotan II was the Allied codename for the German World War II radio navigation system Y-Gerät, used by the Luftwaffe for precision bombing.
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E.
Sigfred
Sigfred was a Viking leader known for commanding Norse forces during the late 9th-century siege of Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wotan
linked to: Wotan