Lemuria
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Lemuria was an ancient Roman festival during which household spirits of the dead were ritually appeased and driven away to protect the living.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lemuria canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2112429 — 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: Lemuria Context triple: [Roman religion, hasFestival, Lemuria]
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A.
Azania
Azania is a name used by some African liberation movements and activists to refer to a decolonized, non-apartheid South Africa.
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B.
La Dorada
La Dorada is a major riverside city in central Colombia known for its hot climate and strategic location along the Magdalena River.
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C.
Thebae
Thebae is the Latin name for the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, a major religious and political center on the Nile known for its temples and royal necropolis.
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D.
Scheria
Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
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E.
Mapun
Mapun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mapun people of the southern Philippines, particularly on Mapun (Cagayan de Sulu) Island in the Sulu Sea.
- 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: Lemuria Target entity description: Lemuria was an ancient Roman festival during which household spirits of the dead were ritually appeased and driven away to protect the living.
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A.
Azania
Azania is a name used by some African liberation movements and activists to refer to a decolonized, non-apartheid South Africa.
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B.
La Dorada
La Dorada is a major riverside city in central Colombia known for its hot climate and strategic location along the Magdalena River.
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C.
Thebae
Thebae is the Latin name for the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, a major religious and political center on the Nile known for its temples and royal necropolis.
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D.
Scheria
Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
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E.
Mapun
Mapun is an Austronesian language spoken primarily by the Mapun people of the southern Philippines, particularly on Mapun (Cagayan de Sulu) Island in the Sulu Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman religious observance
ⓘ
ancient Roman festival ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Roman ancestor cult
ⓘ
domestic religion ⓘ expiation of restless dead ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Lares ⓘ |
| associatedSpirits |
Larvae
ⓘ
Lemures ⓘ Manes ⓘ |
| category |
May observances in ancient Rome
ⓘ
Roman festivals of the dead ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| consideredUnluckyMonth | May ⓘ |
| culture |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| dateInRomanCalendar |
11 May
ⓘ
13 May ⓘ 9 May ⓘ |
| describedInSource | Ovid's Fasti ⓘ |
| etymologyProposedBy | Ovid ⓘ |
| etymologyRelatedTo | Remus ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Roman Italy
ⓘ
linked to:
Italia (Roman province)
city of Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Rome
|
| hasParticipant |
Roman household
ⓘ
household spirits of the dead ⓘ paterfamilias ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| offering |
black beans
ⓘ
food offerings for the dead ⓘ |
| performedBy | head of the household ⓘ |
| publicHoliday | false ⓘ |
| purpose |
appeasement of the dead
ⓘ
expulsion of malevolent spirits ⓘ protection of the living ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
clashing bronze or metal objects
ⓘ
hand-washing for ritual purity ⓘ nocturnal household rites ⓘ recitation of ritual formulae ⓘ throwing black beans ⓘ walking barefoot through the house ⓘ |
| socialContext | household-based ritual ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | May ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Lemuria Description of subject: Lemuria was an ancient Roman festival during which household spirits of the dead were ritually appeased and driven away to protect the living.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.