Sleipnir
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Sleipnir is the eight-legged, supernaturally fast horse of Norse mythology, renowned as the steed of the god Odin.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sleipnir canonical | 10 |
| Odin’s horse Sleipnir | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2282847 — 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: Sleipnir Context triple: [Odin, mount, Sleipnir]
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A.
Draupnir
Draupnir is a magical gold ring in Norse mythology, forged by dwarves, that multiplies itself by producing eight new rings every ninth night.
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B.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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C.
Mjolnir
Mjolnir is the legendary hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, renowned for its immense power, protection of the gods, and role as a symbol of divine authority and destruction.
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D.
Bifrost
Bifrost is the shimmering, rainbow-like bridge in Norse mythology that connects the realm of the gods, Asgard, with the world of humans, Midgard.
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E.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
- 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: Sleipnir Target entity description: Sleipnir is the eight-legged, supernaturally fast horse of Norse mythology, renowned as the steed of the god Odin.
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A.
Draupnir
Draupnir is a magical gold ring in Norse mythology, forged by dwarves, that multiplies itself by producing eight new rings every ninth night.
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B.
Hestur
Hestur is a small, sparsely populated island in the central Faroe Islands known for its steep cliffs, birdlife, and traditional Faroese landscape.
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C.
Mjolnir
Mjolnir is the legendary hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, renowned for its immense power, protection of the gods, and role as a symbol of divine authority and destruction.
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D.
Bifrost
Bifrost is the shimmering, rainbow-like bridge in Norse mythology that connects the realm of the gods, Asgard, with the world of humans, Midgard.
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E.
Freyr
Freyr is a major Norse god associated with fertility, prosperity, sunshine, and fair weather, often revered as a bringer of peace and good harvests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Odin's steed
ⓘ
creature in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological horse ⓘ |
| ability |
travel between realms
ⓘ
travel to Hel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Ardre VIII stone
ⓘ
Tjängvide image stone ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Asgard
ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Odin
ⓘ
shapeshifting of Loki ⓘ world tree Yggdrasil ⓘ
linked to:
Yggdrasil
|
| belongsTo |
Æsir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aesir
|
| bornFrom |
Loki in mare form
ⓘ
stallion Svaðilfari ⓘ
linked to:
Svaðilfari
|
| creationContext | story of the builder of Asgard's wall ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| depictedWith | eight legs ⓘ |
| describedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasColor | grey ⓘ |
| hasDepictionType |
manuscript illustrations
ⓘ
runestone carvings ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mentionedIn |
Grímnismál
ⓘ
Gylfaginning ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ
linked to:
Prose Edda
|
| mythType | etiological myth of origin ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | slippery one ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
best of all horses
ⓘ
can travel between worlds ⓘ grey in color ⓘ supernaturally fast ⓘ |
| numberOfLegs | 8 ⓘ |
| parent |
Loki
ⓘ
Svaðilfari ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Loki
ⓘ
Odin ⓘ Svaðilfari ⓘ |
| riddenBy | Odin ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
Odin's mount on journeys
ⓘ
transport for the dead ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Odin's power
ⓘ
shamanic journey ⓘ speed ⓘ |
| transportOf | Odin to Hel to question a völva ⓘ |
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: Sleipnir Description of subject: Sleipnir is the eight-legged, supernaturally fast horse of Norse mythology, renowned as the steed of the god Odin.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sleipnir
linked to: Sleipnir