Sekhmet
E28285
Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sekhmet canonical | 42 |
| Lion-goddess of Meroe | 2 |
| lioness goddess Sekhmet | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T212510 — 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: Sekhmet Context triple: [Memphis (ancient city), hasDeity, Sekhmet]
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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C.
Wadjet
Wadjet is an ancient Egyptian cobra goddess associated with royal protection, kingship, and the land of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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E.
Bastet
Bastet is an ancient Egyptian goddess, often depicted as a lioness or cat, associated with home, fertility, music, and the protective, nurturing aspects of the sun.
- 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: Sekhmet Target entity description: Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
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A.
Isis
Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with magic, motherhood, healing, and protection, widely venerated throughout Egypt and the Greco-Roman world.
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B.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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C.
Wadjet
Wadjet is an ancient Egyptian cobra goddess associated with royal protection, kingship, and the land of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Horus of Kubban
Horus of Kubban is a local form of the ancient Egyptian god Horus venerated in the Nubian region near Kubban, associated with kingship and protection.
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E.
Bastet
Bastet is an ancient Egyptian goddess, often depicted as a lioness or cat, associated with home, fertility, music, and the protective, nurturing aspects of the sun.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian goddess
ⓘ
healing deity ⓘ solar deity ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| animalForm | lioness ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ptah
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ cure ⓘ destruction ⓘ fire ⓘ healing ⓘ plague ⓘ protection ⓘ the sun ⓘ war ⓘ |
| child |
Nefertum
ⓘ
linked to:
Nefertem
|
| closelyRelatedDeity |
Bastet
ⓘ
Hathor ⓘ |
| consort | Ptah ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| depictedAs | lioness-headed woman ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
solar disk
ⓘ
uraeus serpent ⓘ |
| festival | Festival of Drunkenness ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| memberOfTriad | Memphite Triad ⓘ |
| mythInvolvement | Destruction of Mankind myth ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | The Powerful One ⓘ |
| oppositeAspect | gentle Hathor ⓘ |
| parent | Ra ⓘ |
| patronOf |
healers
ⓘ
physicians ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| role |
bringer of disease
ⓘ
bringer of healing ⓘ goddess of physicians ⓘ goddess of surgeons ⓘ protector of the pharaoh ⓘ |
| symbol |
lioness
ⓘ
sun disk ⓘ uraeus ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
Middle Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Old Kingdom of Egypt
|
| title |
Lady of Flame
ⓘ
Lady of Terror ⓘ The Powerful One ⓘ |
| transformedInto | Hathor ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Karnak
ⓘ
linked to:
Karnak Temple Complex
Memphis ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
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: Sekhmet Description of subject: Sekhmet is an ancient Egyptian lioness-headed goddess associated with war, destruction, and healing, revered as a powerful protector and bringer of both plague and cure.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ancient city of Memphis
subject linked to:
Memphis
linked to: Sekhmet
linked to: Sekhmet
subject linked to:
mortuary temple of Amenhotep III
subject linked to:
heka
subject linked to:
Re (sun god)
subject linked to:
Re (sun god)
linked to: Sekhmet
linked to: Sekhmet