Oyá
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Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2571572 — 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: Oyá Context triple: [Regla de Ocha, hasImportantDeity, Oyá]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Obatalá
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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D.
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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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: Oyá Target entity description: Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Obatalá
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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D.
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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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 (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba goddess
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deity ⓘ orisha ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Iansã
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Oya ⓘ Yansan ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | buffalo ⓘ |
| associatedNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
ancestors
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cemeteries ⓘ female power ⓘ fire ⓘ gates between worlds ⓘ hurricanes ⓘ lightning ⓘ marketplaces ⓘ rebirth ⓘ storms ⓘ the dead ⓘ thunder ⓘ tornadoes ⓘ transformative change ⓘ warrior energy ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| color |
brown
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maroon ⓘ purple ⓘ wine red ⓘ |
| culture |
Afro-Brazilian culture
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Afro-Caribbean culture ⓘ Afro-Cuban culture ⓘ Yoruba people ⓘ |
| domain |
cemeteries
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storms ⓘ the marketplace ⓘ winds ⓘ |
| element |
air
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fire ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| power |
to control storms
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to control winds ⓘ to guide the dead ⓘ to open spiritual portals ⓘ |
| religion |
Afro-Caribbean religions
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Candomblé ⓘ Haitian Vodou ⓘ Santería ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
goddess of change
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goddess of storms ⓘ goddess of winds ⓘ guardian of the cemetery gates ⓘ psychopomp ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ogun
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Oshun ⓘ Shango ⓘ |
| symbol |
buffalo horns
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lightning bolt ⓘ machete ⓘ sword ⓘ whirlwind ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Benin
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Brazil ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ diaspora religions ⓘ |
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: Oyá Description of subject: Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oyá