Hecate
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Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hecate canonical | 39 |
| Hecate (through Medea’s sorcery) | 1 |
| Hecate Enodia | 1 |
| Hecate Phosphoros | 1 |
| Hekate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156797 — 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: Hecate Context triple: [Hesiod's Theogony, featuresCharacter, Hecate]
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A.
Persephone
Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
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.
- 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: Hecate Target entity description: Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
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A.
Persephone
Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek goddess
ⓘ
deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
crossroads
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ ghosts ⓘ keys ⓘ liminal spaces ⓘ magic ⓘ moon ⓘ necromancy ⓘ night ⓘ phosphoros (light-bringer) ⓘ torches ⓘ underworld ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
goddess accompanied by dogs
ⓘ
goddess holding torches ⓘ triple-formed goddess ⓘ |
| domain |
earth
ⓘ
sea ⓘ sky ⓘ |
| epithet |
Chthonia
ⓘ
Enodia ⓘ Phosphoros ⓘ Propylaia ⓘ Trioditis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic magic
ⓘ
Roman goddess Trivia ⓘ later witchcraft traditions ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Homeric Hymns
ⓘ
Theogony ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| mythologicalEra | Titan generation ⓘ |
| offering |
Hecate’s Deipnon
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food offerings at the dark of the moon ⓘ |
| parent |
Asteria
ⓘ
Perses ⓘ |
| role |
chthonic goddess
ⓘ
goddess of crossroads ⓘ goddess of witchcraft ⓘ guardian of thresholds ⓘ guide ⓘ protector ⓘ |
| statusInMyth | honored by Zeus ⓘ |
| symbol |
black dog
ⓘ
dagger ⓘ key ⓘ torch ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
city gates
ⓘ
crossroads shrines ⓘ doorways ⓘ |
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: Hecate Description of subject: Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hecate
subject linked to:
phosphoros (light-bringer)
subject linked to:
Roman goddess Trivia
subject linked to:
Roman goddess Trivia
subject linked to:
Roman goddess Trivia
linked to: Hecate
linked to: Hecate
linked to: Hecate
subject linked to:
Phoebe (figure in Greek mythology)