Hofund
E197267
Hofund is the legendary sword of the Norse god Heimdall, often depicted as the powerful guardian weapon used to protect Asgard and signal the onset of Ragnarök.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hofund canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1749183 — 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: Hofund Context triple: [Heimdall, weapon, Hofund]
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A.
Thamserku
Thamserku is a prominent Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal, known for its steep, dramatic profile and popularity among experienced mountaineers.
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B.
Hallunda
Hallunda is a residential suburban district in the southern Stockholm region of Sweden, known for its multicultural population and location within Botkyrka Municipality.
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C.
Brattahlid
Brattahlid was the main Norse settlement and estate of Erik the Red in southern Greenland, serving as a central hub of the medieval Greenlandic Norse colony.
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D.
Holthees
Holthees is a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its rural character and historic church.
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E.
Egvekinot
Egvekinot is a remote urban-type settlement and port on the coast of the Bering Sea in Russia’s Far East, serving as an important local center in the Chukotka region.
- 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: Hofund Target entity description: Hofund is the legendary sword of the Norse god Heimdall, often depicted as the powerful guardian weapon used to protect Asgard and signal the onset of Ragnarök.
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A.
Thamserku
Thamserku is a prominent Himalayan peak in eastern Nepal, known for its steep, dramatic profile and popularity among experienced mountaineers.
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B.
Hallunda
Hallunda is a residential suburban district in the southern Stockholm region of Sweden, known for its multicultural population and location within Botkyrka Municipality.
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C.
Brattahlid
Brattahlid was the main Norse settlement and estate of Erik the Red in southern Greenland, serving as a central hub of the medieval Greenlandic Norse colony.
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D.
Holthees
Holthees is a small village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its rural character and historic church.
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E.
Egvekinot
Egvekinot is a remote urban-type settlement and port on the coast of the Bering Sea in Russia’s Far East, serving as an important local center in the Chukotka region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological weapon
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
| appearsIn | modern adaptations of Norse mythology ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| associatedWith |
Asgard
ⓘ
Heimdallr ⓘ
linked to:
Heimdall
Norse mythology ⓘ |
| category |
Mythological swords
ⓘ
Weapons in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Norse ⓘ |
| describedAs |
legendary
ⓘ
powerful ⓘ |
| function |
guardian weapon
ⓘ
protect Asgard ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Heimdallr
ⓘ
linked to:
Heimdall
|
| hasMedium |
literary depiction
ⓘ
visual depiction ⓘ |
| hasType | legendary sword ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mythologicalRealm | Asgard ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Gjallarhorn ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine protection
ⓘ
readiness for Ragnarök ⓘ vigilance ⓘ |
| usedBy | guardian of the gods ⓘ |
| usedTo | signal the onset of Ragnarök ⓘ |
| wieldedBy |
Heimdallr
ⓘ
linked to:
Heimdall
|
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: Hofund Description of subject: Hofund is the legendary sword of the Norse god Heimdall, often depicted as the powerful guardian weapon used to protect Asgard and signal the onset of Ragnarök.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.