Obatalá
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Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obatala | 8 |
| Obatalá canonical | 4 |
| Obatala (Ọbatala) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2571570 — 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: Obatalá Context triple: [Regla de Ocha, hasImportantDeity, Obatalá]
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A.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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B.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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E.
Orisha
Orisha are deities or divine spirits in the Yoruba religion, each embodying specific natural forces, human traits, and aspects of daily life, and serving as intermediaries between humans and the supreme god.
- 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: Obatalá Target entity description: Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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A.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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B.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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E.
Orisha
Orisha are deities or divine spirits in the Yoruba religion, each embodying specific natural forces, human traits, and aspects of daily life, and serving as intermediaries between humans and the supreme god.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba orisha
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deity ⓘ orisha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
clarity
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coolness ⓘ creation ⓘ heads of human beings ⓘ justice ⓘ mountains ⓘ peace ⓘ purity ⓘ white color ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| cosmologicalStatus |
elder orisha
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primordial orisha ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Afro-Cuban religious communities
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Cuba ⓘ Yoruba regions of southwestern Nigeria ⓘ |
| ethicalRole |
arbiter of justice
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patron of people with disabilities (in some narratives) ⓘ protector of the innocent ⓘ |
| function |
maintaining cosmic order
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molding human bodies ⓘ shaping human destiny ⓘ |
| gender |
often represented as male
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sometimes represented as androgynous ⓘ |
| moralAspect |
embodiment of compassion
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embodiment of moral rectitude ⓘ embodiment of patience ⓘ |
| parentOf | many other orishas (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| religion |
Regla de Ocha
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Santería ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| ritualColor | white ⓘ |
| ritualDay | often honored on Sunday in Santería ⓘ |
| role |
creator deity
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major orisha in Regla de Ocha ⓘ orisha of creation of human beings ⓘ orisha of justice ⓘ orisha of peace ⓘ orisha of purity ⓘ orisha of wisdom ⓘ |
| title |
father of all orishas (in some traditions)
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owner of all heads (dueño de todas las cabezas) ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Candomblé (as Oxalá)
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linked to:
Candomblé
Regla de Ocha ⓘ Santería ⓘ other Yoruba-derived religions in the Americas ⓘ |
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: Obatalá Description of subject: Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Oshosi (Òṣóòsi)