Vé
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Vé is a Norse god, one of Odin’s brothers, associated with the creation of the world in Norse mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vé canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282836 — 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: Vé Context triple: [Odin, brotherOf, Vé]
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A.
Vian
Vian is a surname most notably associated with British Royal Navy Admiral Philip Vian, who served with distinction during both World Wars.
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B.
Veltro
Veltro is the nickname of the Macchi C.205, an Italian World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its speed and agility.
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C.
Vekoma
Vekoma is a Dutch roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer known worldwide for designing and building a wide range of thrill and family attractions for theme parks.
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D.
Vara
Vara is a short form of the female given name Varvara, commonly used in Slavic languages.
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E.
Teves
Teves is an alternative Ashkenazi transliteration of the Hebrew month name Tevet, used in the Jewish calendar.
- 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: Vé Target entity description: Vé is a Norse god, one of Odin’s brothers, associated with the creation of the world in Norse mythology.
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A.
Vian
Vian is a surname most notably associated with British Royal Navy Admiral Philip Vian, who served with distinction during both World Wars.
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B.
Veltro
Veltro is the nickname of the Macchi C.205, an Italian World War II fighter aircraft renowned for its speed and agility.
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C.
Vekoma
Vekoma is a Dutch roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer known worldwide for designing and building a wide range of thrill and family attractions for theme parks.
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D.
Vara
Vara is a short form of the female given name Varvara, commonly used in Slavic languages.
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E.
Teves
Teves is an alternative Ashkenazi transliteration of the Hebrew month name Tevet, used in the Jewish calendar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse god
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cosmic order
ⓘ
sacred enclosure ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda (indirectly) ⓘ
linked to:
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| classification | deity of creation ⓘ |
| cosmicAct |
creation of Midgard from Ymir’s body
ⓘ
shaping of sky and earth ⓘ |
| cosmogonicFunction |
ordering the cosmos
ⓘ
shaping the world from Ymir’s body ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo | Old Norse vé (holy place, shrine) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasBrother |
Odin
ⓘ
Vili ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalTheme |
creation
ⓘ
sacral space ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Odin
ⓘ
Vili ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| memberOf |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mythicEvent | establishment of heaven and earth from Ymir ⓘ |
| mythicRole | companion of Odin in primordial acts ⓘ |
| mythologicalGroup | Odin, Vili and Vé ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
holy place
ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Norse gods
ⓘ
linked to:
Norse mythology
|
| participatedIn |
creation of the world from Ymir
ⓘ
slaying of the giant Ymir ⓘ |
| regionOfCult | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
creator god
ⓘ
world-creator ⓘ |
| sibling |
Odin
ⓘ
Vili ⓘ |
| sometimesIdentifiedWith | Lóðurr (in some scholarly theories) ⓘ |
| sourceType | medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
Viking Age
ⓘ
early medieval Scandinavia ⓘ |
| togetherWith |
Odin
ⓘ
Vili ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | creation of humans Ask and Embla ⓘ |
| worshipContext | sacred spaces and shrines ⓘ |
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: Vé Description of subject: Vé is a Norse god, one of Odin’s brothers, associated with the creation of the world in Norse mythology.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.