Mama Ocllo
E292783
Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mama Ocllo canonical | 5 |
| Mama Ocllo Coya | 1 |
| Mother Ocllo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2717614 — 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: Mama Ocllo Context triple: [Inti, parentOf, Mama Ocllo]
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A.
Pachamama
Pachamama is the Andean earth and fertility goddess revered as a mother figure who sustains life and nature.
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B.
Poqomam Maya
The Poqomam Maya are an indigenous Maya people of Guatemala and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that persisted despite colonial-era conflicts and displacement.
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C.
Cura Ocllo
Cura Ocllo was an Inca queen and consort of Manco Inca Yupanqui, noted for her role and tragic fate during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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D.
Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal is an Aztec goddess associated with beauty, love, fertility, female sexuality, and the arts, often revered as a patron of young women and craftspeople.
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E.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
- 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: Mama Ocllo Target entity description: Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.
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A.
Pachamama
Pachamama is the Andean earth and fertility goddess revered as a mother figure who sustains life and nature.
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B.
Poqomam Maya
The Poqomam Maya are an indigenous Maya people of Guatemala and neighboring regions, known for their distinct Mayan language and cultural traditions that persisted despite colonial-era conflicts and displacement.
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C.
Cura Ocllo
Cura Ocllo was an Inca queen and consort of Manco Inca Yupanqui, noted for her role and tragic fate during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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D.
Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal is an Aztec goddess associated with beauty, love, fertility, female sexuality, and the arts, often revered as a patron of young women and craftspeople.
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E.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Inca deity
ⓘ
culture hero ⓘ founding mother ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Inca origin myths
ⓘ
legends of the founding of Cuzco ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuzco
ⓘ
linked to:
Cusco
Lake Titicaca ⓘ founding of Cuzco ⓘ |
| culturalFunction |
model of ideal Inca womanhood
ⓘ
source of instruction for women’s work ⓘ |
| culture |
Inca mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Andean mythology
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasMythType |
civilizing hero
ⓘ
culture bearer ⓘ |
| hasSourceTradition | oral tradition of the Incas ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Quechua ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | Lake Titicaca ⓘ |
| nameMeaningApproximate |
Mother Ocllo
ⓘ
linked to:
Mama Ocllo
|
| originStoryVariant |
emerges from Lake Titicaca with Manco Cápac
ⓘ
emerges from a cave in Pacaritambo ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Manco Cápac ⓘ |
| parent | Sinchi Roca ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Spanish chroniclers of the colonial period ⓘ |
| region |
Andes
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| relative | Manco Cápac ⓘ |
| religion |
Inca religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Andean mythology
|
| role |
founder of Inca civilization
ⓘ
mother of first Inca ruler(s) ⓘ teacher of domestic skills ⓘ teacher of social skills ⓘ |
| spouse | Manco Cápac ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
domestic order
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ social harmony ⓘ |
| taught |
household management
ⓘ
moral norms ⓘ social organization ⓘ spinning ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfVeneration |
Inca Empire period
ⓘ
linked to:
Inca Empire
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Cuzco region
ⓘ
linked to:
Cusco Region
Tawantinsuyu ⓘ
linked to:
Inca Empire
|
| worshipPractices | honored in Inca state religion ⓘ |
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: Mama Ocllo Description of subject: Mama Ocllo is a revered figure in Inca mythology, often regarded as a founding mother of the Inca civilization and a culture hero associated with teaching essential domestic and social skills.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mama Ocllo
linked to: Mama Ocllo