Chaac
E172787
Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chaac canonical | 13 |
| Chaac (Maya rain god) | 1 |
| Chaac deities | 1 |
| Chaac of the east | 1 |
| Chaac of the north | 1 |
| Chaac of the south | 1 |
| Chaac of the west | 1 |
| Tajín (storm god) | 1 |
| rain god Chaac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1515306 — 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: Chaac Context triple: [Chichén Itzá, associatedWithDeity, Chaac]
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A.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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B.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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C.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
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D.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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E.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
- 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: Chaac Target entity description: Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
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A.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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B.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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C.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
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D.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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E.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya deity
ⓘ
rain god ⓘ storm god ⓘ |
| associatedStructure | cenotes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ life-giving water ⓘ lightning ⓘ maize ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| colorAssociation |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
axe
ⓘ
fangs ⓘ long curling nose ⓘ reptilian features ⓘ |
| directionalForm |
Chaac of the east
ⓘ
linked to:
Chaac
Chaac of the north ⓘ
linked to:
Chaac
Chaac of the south ⓘ
linked to:
Chaac
Chaac of the west ⓘ
linked to:
Chaac
|
| equivalentInAztecMythology | Tlaloc ⓘ |
| function | strikes clouds to produce rain ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
color aspect
ⓘ
directional aspect ⓘ |
| hasTempleAt |
Chichén Itzá
ⓘ
Uxmal ⓘ |
| importantFor |
maize cultivation
ⓘ
survival of Maya communities ⓘ |
| mythologicalDomain |
clouds
ⓘ
rain ⓘ sky ⓘ thunderstorms ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| ritualsIncluded |
offerings of food
ⓘ
prayers for rain ⓘ |
| role |
bringer of rain
ⓘ
provider of agricultural fertility ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
Classic Maya period
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic period in Mesoamerica
Postclassic Maya period ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
Preclassic Maya period ⓘ
linked to:
Preclassic period (Maya civilization)
|
| weapon | lightning axe ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Lowland Maya
ⓘ
linked to:
Maya peoples
Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Mesoamerica
ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
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: Chaac Description of subject: Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Chaac
subject linked to:
Maya
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac
linked to: Chaac