Kukulcán
E179061
Kukulcán is the feathered serpent deity of the Maya, associated with wind, rain, and creation, and prominently worshipped at Chichén Itzá.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kukulcán canonical | 6 |
| Kʼukʼulkan | 2 |
| Gucumatz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1515293 — 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: Kukulcán Context triple: [Chichén Itzá, dedicatedToDeity, Kukulcán]
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A.
Pyramid of the Moon
The Pyramid of the Moon is a major Mesoamerican pyramid at Teotihuacan in central Mexico, notable as one of the city's largest and most important ceremonial structures.
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B.
Monolith of Tlaloc
The Monolith of Tlaloc is a massive pre-Hispanic stone sculpture representing the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, renowned as one of the largest monolithic statues in the world.
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C.
Pyramid of the Sun
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest and most iconic pyramid in the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, renowned as a monumental religious and ceremonial structure.
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D.
Chaac
Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
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E.
Osario pyramid
The Osario pyramid is a stepped Mesoamerican temple at Chichén Itzá notable for its central staircase and interior burial chamber containing human remains and artifacts.
- 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: Kukulcán Target entity description: Kukulcán is the feathered serpent deity of the Maya, associated with wind, rain, and creation, and prominently worshipped at Chichén Itzá.
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A.
Pyramid of the Moon
The Pyramid of the Moon is a major Mesoamerican pyramid at Teotihuacan in central Mexico, notable as one of the city's largest and most important ceremonial structures.
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B.
Monolith of Tlaloc
The Monolith of Tlaloc is a massive pre-Hispanic stone sculpture representing the Aztec rain god Tlaloc, renowned as one of the largest monolithic statues in the world.
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C.
Pyramid of the Sun
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest and most iconic pyramid in the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, renowned as a monumental religious and ceremonial structure.
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D.
Chaac
Chaac is the Maya rain and storm god, revered as a bringer of fertility and life-giving water.
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E.
Osario pyramid
The Osario pyramid is a stepped Mesoamerican temple at Chichén Itzá notable for its central staircase and interior burial chamber containing human remains and artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya deity
ⓘ
feathered serpent deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Venus
ⓘ
creation ⓘ fertility ⓘ kingship ⓘ knowledge ⓘ rain ⓘ time ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| centerOfCult |
Chichén Itzá
ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
serpent descending temple stairs
ⓘ
serpent with feathered body ⓘ |
| domain |
agriculture
ⓘ
sky ⓘ storms ⓘ |
| equinoxPhenomenonObservedAt |
Temple of Kukulcán
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Kukulkan
|
| equivalentTo |
Gucumatz
ⓘ
linked to:
Kukulcán
Quetzalcoatl ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
creator god aspect
ⓘ
rain god aspect ⓘ wind god aspect ⓘ |
| hasHumanCounterpartTradition | Kukulcán as deified ruler or priest ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Central Mexican religious traditions ⓘ |
| languageName | Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| linkedSite |
Great Ballcourt at Chichén Itzá
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Ball Court
Temple of the Warriors ⓘ |
| majorTemple |
El Castillo
ⓘ
Temple of Kukulcán ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Kukulkan
|
| mythologicalRole |
creator deity
ⓘ
culture hero ⓘ |
| nameComponent |
kan
ⓘ
kuk ⓘ ul ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Feathered Serpent ⓘ |
| pantheon | Maya pantheon ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| ritualEvent | equinox serpent-shadow phenomenon ⓘ |
| symbol |
feathered serpent
ⓘ
quetzal feathers ⓘ serpent ⓘ |
| worshippedAt | Chichén Itzá ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Itzá Maya
ⓘ
linked to:
Itzá
Yucatec Maya ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod |
Postclassic period
ⓘ
Terminal Classic period ⓘ |
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: Kukulcán Description of subject: Kukulcán is the feathered serpent deity of the Maya, associated with wind, rain, and creation, and prominently worshipped at Chichén Itzá.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kukulcán
linked to: Kukulcán
linked to: Kukulcán