Crius
E24561
Crius is one of the twelve primordial Titans of Greek mythology, associated with the constellations and the cosmic order preceding the Olympian gods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crius canonical | 32 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156897 — 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: Crius Context triple: [Titanomachy, opposingCombatant, Crius]
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- 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: Crius Target entity description: Crius is one of the twelve primordial Titans of Greek mythology, associated with the constellations and the cosmic order preceding the Olympian gods.
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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C.
Fidra
Fidra is a small uninhabited island off the coast of East Lothian, Scotland, known for its lighthouse, seabird colonies, and as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson.
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D.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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E.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
ⓘ
Titan ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ |
| alternativeSpelling | Kreios ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
constellations
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ zodiac ⓘ |
| category |
Titans in Greek mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Titans of Greek mythology
|
| childOf |
Gaia
ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | support of the cosmos at the southern point ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Olympian gods ⓘ |
| domain |
celestial axis
ⓘ
heavens ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| greekName | Κρεῖος ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Tartarus ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Twelve Titans
ⓘ
linked to:
age of the Titans
|
| mentionedBy | Hesiod ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Theogony
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| mythologicalEra | pre-Olympian age ⓘ |
| offspringWithEurybia |
Astraeus
ⓘ
Pallas ⓘ Perses ⓘ |
| parent |
Astraeus
ⓘ
Pallas ⓘ Perses ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | participant in castration of Uranus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Coeus
ⓘ
Cronus ⓘ Hyperion ⓘ Iapetus ⓘ Mnemosyne ⓘ Oceanus ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Rhea ⓘ Tethys ⓘ Theia ⓘ Themis ⓘ |
| sideTakenInTitanomachy | Titans ⓘ |
| spouse | Eurybia ⓘ |
| worshipType | primarily literary and genealogical, not cultic ⓘ |
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: Crius Description of subject: Crius is one of the twelve primordial Titans of Greek mythology, associated with the constellations and the cosmic order preceding the Olympian gods.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Titans of Greek mythology
subject linked to:
age of the Titans
subject linked to:
daughters of Gaia
subject linked to:
Phoebe (figure in Greek mythology)
subject linked to:
Ourea (the primordial mountains)