Hela
E199978
Asgardian
Marvel Cinematic Universe character
Marvel Comics character
fictional character
goddess
supervillain
Hela is the Asgardian goddess of death and the primary antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Thor: Ragnarok."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hela canonical | 20 |
| Hela (Marvel Comics) | 1 |
| Hela (Marvel) | 1 |
| Hela, Goddess of Death | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1781998 — 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: Hela Context triple: [Thor: Ragnarok, mainCharacter, Hela]
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A.
Zahhak
Zahhak is a legendary tyrant king in Persian mythology, most famously depicted in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh as a demonic ruler with serpents growing from his shoulders.
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B.
Hudra
The Hudra is a principal liturgical book of the Syriac tradition, containing prayers, hymns, and rites used throughout the liturgical year.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Dagon
Dagon is an ancient Semitic deity, often associated with grain, fertility, and sometimes the sea, worshipped across regions including Phoenicia and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
- 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: Hela Target entity description: Hela is the Asgardian goddess of death and the primary antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Thor: Ragnarok."
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A.
Zahhak
Zahhak is a legendary tyrant king in Persian mythology, most famously depicted in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh as a demonic ruler with serpents growing from his shoulders.
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B.
Hudra
The Hudra is a principal liturgical book of the Syriac tradition, containing prayers, hymns, and rites used throughout the liturgical year.
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C.
Tarasque
The Tarasque is a legendary dragon-like monster from Provençal folklore, famously tamed by Saint Martha and associated with the town of Tarascon in southern France.
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D.
Dagon
Dagon is an ancient Semitic deity, often associated with grain, fertility, and sometimes the sea, worshipped across regions including Phoenicia and Mesopotamia.
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E.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asgardian
ⓘ
Marvel Cinematic Universe character ⓘ Marvel Comics character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ goddess ⓘ supervillain ⓘ |
| ability |
combat mastery
ⓘ
necromancy ⓘ regeneration ⓘ superhuman durability ⓘ superhuman strength ⓘ teleportation (via Bifrost control) ⓘ weapon manifestation ⓘ |
| affiliation | Asgardian Royal Family ⓘ |
| alignment | villainous ⓘ |
| antagonistOf |
Hulk
ⓘ
linked to:
The Incredible Hulk
Loki ⓘ Thor ⓘ Valkyrie ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Thor: Ragnarok ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hela (Marvel Comics)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hela
|
| createdBy |
Marvel Studios (film version)
ⓘ
linked to:
Marvel Studios
Taika Waititi (MCU interpretation) ⓘ
linked to:
Taika Waititi
|
| defeatedBy |
Surtur (indirectly)
ⓘ
linked to:
Surtr
|
| enemyOf | Asgard ⓘ |
| eyeColor | green ⓘ |
| family |
Loki
ⓘ
Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Thor: Ragnarok (2017 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thor: Ragnarok
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| goal |
conquer the Nine Realms
ⓘ
restore Asgardian empire through conquest ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| homeWorld | Asgard ⓘ |
| language | English (portrayed) ⓘ |
| notableAction |
destroys Mjolnir
ⓘ
overthrows the throne of Asgard ⓘ revives Fenris Wolf ⓘ
linked to:
Fenrir
revives her undead army ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Cate Blanchett ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Goddess of Death
ⓘ
Heir to the throne of Asgard (former) ⓘ Ruler of Asgard (de facto, briefly) ⓘ |
| species | Asgardian ⓘ |
| title |
Firstborn of Odin
ⓘ
Goddess of Death ⓘ |
| universe | Marvel Cinematic Universe ⓘ |
| weakness | destruction of Asgard (source of her power) ⓘ |
| weapon |
Necroswords
ⓘ
bladed projectiles ⓘ |
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: Hela Description of subject: Hela is the Asgardian goddess of death and the primary antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Thor: Ragnarok."
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Death (Marvel entity)
linked to: Hela
linked to: Hela
subject linked to:
Marvel Comics character Thor
subject linked to:
Marvel Comics character Thor