Bacab deities
E165626
The Bacab deities are a group of four Maya gods associated with the cardinal directions who were believed to support the sky and play key roles in cosmology and weather.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bacab deities canonical | 1 |
| Lokapala (guardian deities of directions) | 1 |
| Maya pantheon | 1 |
| Maya underworld deities | 1 |
| Maya weather deities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1450559 — 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: Bacab deities Context triple: [Itzamna, parentOf, Bacab deities]
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A.
Devas
The Devas are celestial gods in Hindu mythology who play pivotal roles in the cosmic order and divine interventions depicted throughout the Ramayana.
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B.
Me-wuk
Me-wuk refers to the Northern Sierra Miwok people, a Native American group indigenous to the Sierra Nevada region of California with distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions.
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C.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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D.
Tauá
Tauá is a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian state of Ceará, known for its semi-arid landscape and regional agricultural activities.
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E.
Makemake (Rapa Nui deity)
Makemake is the chief creator god and fertility deity of the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) religion, closely associated with the Birdman cult and the island’s ancestral traditions.
- 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: Bacab deities Target entity description: The Bacab deities are a group of four Maya gods associated with the cardinal directions who were believed to support the sky and play key roles in cosmology and weather.
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A.
Devas
The Devas are celestial gods in Hindu mythology who play pivotal roles in the cosmic order and divine interventions depicted throughout the Ramayana.
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B.
Me-wuk
Me-wuk refers to the Northern Sierra Miwok people, a Native American group indigenous to the Sierra Nevada region of California with distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions.
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C.
Deva
Deva is the Roman-era name for the ancient fortress and settlement that later became the modern English city of Chester.
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D.
Tauá
Tauá is a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian state of Ceará, known for its semi-arid landscape and regional agricultural activities.
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E.
Makemake (Rapa Nui deity)
Makemake is the chief creator god and fertility deity of the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) religion, closely associated with the Birdman cult and the island’s ancestral traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya deities
ⓘ
group of gods ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Maya cosmological texts
ⓘ
Maya creation myths ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cardinal directions
ⓘ
lightning ⓘ rain ⓘ thunder ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| colorAssociation |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
mark the structure of space
ⓘ
participate in the ordering of time ⓘ uphold the heavens at the four corners of the world ⓘ |
| cosmologicalPosition | located at the four corners beneath the sky ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| directionalAssociation |
east
ⓘ
north ⓘ south ⓘ west ⓘ |
| functionInRitual |
invoked for protection from storms
ⓘ
invoked in agricultural rites ⓘ invoked in divination ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenceOn | Maya calendrical and ritual geography ⓘ |
| languageContext | Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Diego de Landa’s Relación de las cosas de Yucatán
ⓘ
colonial-era Yucatec Maya sources ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
bearers of the sky after a flood
ⓘ
survivors of a previous world age ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 4 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Maya four corners of the world
ⓘ
Maya world tree ⓘ |
| relatedDeityGroup |
Chaac deities
ⓘ
linked to:
Chaac
|
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| role |
cosmological deities
ⓘ
support the sky ⓘ weather deities ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
agricultural fertility
ⓘ
cosmic stability ⓘ seasonal cycles ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
Classic Maya period
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic period in Mesoamerica
Postclassic Maya period ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
early colonial period ⓘ |
| typeOfMythologicalFigure |
directional bearer
ⓘ
sky-bearer ⓘ |
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: Bacab deities Description of subject: The Bacab deities are a group of four Maya gods associated with the cardinal directions who were believed to support the sky and play key roles in cosmology and weather.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Surya Majapahit (sun emblem)
linked to: Bacab deities
linked to: Bacab deities
linked to: Bacab deities