xiuhcoatl
E160468
Xiuhcoatl is a mythological Aztec fire serpent often depicted as a divine weapon associated with the sun and war.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xiuhcoatl (fire serpents) | 1 |
| xiuhcoatl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1396887 — 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: xiuhcoatl Context triple: [Huitzilopochtli, weapon, xiuhcoatl]
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A.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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B.
Ixil
Ixil is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Ixil people in the highlands of Guatemala.
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C.
Moxeño
Moxeño is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Moxeño people of Bolivia’s Beni region.
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D.
Otomi
Otomi is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Otomi people across several states in central Mexico.
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E.
Horcón
Horcón is a small rural village in Chile’s Elqui Valley, known for its scenic Andean surroundings and traditional agricultural lifestyle.
- 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: xiuhcoatl Target entity description: Xiuhcoatl is a mythological Aztec fire serpent often depicted as a divine weapon associated with the sun and war.
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A.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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B.
Ixil
Ixil is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Ixil people in the highlands of Guatemala.
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C.
Moxeño
Moxeño is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Moxeño people of Bolivia’s Beni region.
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D.
Otomi
Otomi is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Otomi people across several states in central Mexico.
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E.
Horcón
Horcón is a small rural village in Chile’s Elqui Valley, known for its scenic Andean surroundings and traditional agricultural lifestyle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
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fire serpent ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ serpent ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dry season
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fire ⓘ the sun ⓘ time ⓘ turquoise ⓘ war ⓘ year ⓘ |
| category |
Aztec legendary creatures
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Mesoamerican legendary serpents ⓘ Solar deities and symbols ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
|
| depictedAs |
serpent with a fire- or flint-like tail
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serpent with a weapon-shaped tail ⓘ serpent with mosaic turquoise body ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Codex Borbonicus
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Codex Borgia ⓘ Codex Mendoza ⓘ |
| domain |
sky
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sun ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
coatl (serpent)
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xiuhitl (turquoise, year, fire) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
fire serpent
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turquoise serpent ⓘ |
| mythology | Aztec mythology ⓘ |
| notableMyth | Huitzilopochtli slays Coyolxauhqui with Xiuhcoatl ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Aztec calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesoamerican calendar
Huitzilopochtli ⓘ Tonatiuh ⓘ Xiuhtecuhtli ⓘ |
| religion |
Aztec religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| role | divine weapon ⓘ |
| symbolism |
drought
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lightning ⓘ royal power ⓘ solar heat ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| usedByDeity |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
Mixcoatl ⓘ Tonatiuh ⓘ Xiuhtecuhtli ⓘ |
| weaponOf |
Huitzilopochtli
ⓘ
sun gods ⓘ |
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: xiuhcoatl Description of subject: Xiuhcoatl is a mythological Aztec fire serpent often depicted as a divine weapon associated with the sun and war.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: xiuhcoatl