Amaterasu
E30650
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amaterasu canonical | 47 |
| Amaterasu Ōmikami | 2 |
| Amaterasu-Omikami | 2 |
| sun goddess Amaterasu | 2 |
| Amaterasu was born from Izanagi’s left eye | 1 |
| Amaterasu-Ōmikami | 1 |
| Amaterasu-ōmikami | 1 |
| Sun Goddess Amaterasu | 1 |
| 天照大神 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T224314 — 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: Amaterasu Context triple: [Shinto, hasDeity, Amaterasu]
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A.
Rano Aroi
Rano Aroi is a volcanic crater and small freshwater lake located on Easter Island, known for its high-altitude bogs and unique ecological features.
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B.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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C.
Ahirani
Ahirani is an Indo-Aryan dialect spoken primarily in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra, India, closely related to Marathi but with distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Izumi
Izumi is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commercial hub in the Kansai region.
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E.
Helios
Helios is the personification of the sun in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.
- 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: Amaterasu Target entity description: Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
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A.
Rano Aroi
Rano Aroi is a volcanic crater and small freshwater lake located on Easter Island, known for its high-altitude bogs and unique ecological features.
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B.
Hyakutake
Hyakutake is a Japanese surname borne by several notable individuals, including military figures and other public personalities.
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C.
Ahirani
Ahirani is an Indo-Aryan dialect spoken primarily in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra, India, closely related to Marathi but with distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Izumi
Izumi is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commercial hub in the Kansai region.
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E.
Helios
Helios is the personification of the sun in ancient Greek mythology, often depicted driving a chariot across the sky each day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
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kami ⓘ sun goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial House of Japan
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Japanese emperor ⓘ agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ order ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| child |
Ame-no-Oshihomimi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Ise ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| domain |
heaven
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light ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Yamato ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandchild | Ninigi-no-Mikoto ⓘ |
| greatGrandchild | Emperor Jimmu ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
radiant light
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solar disk ⓘ |
| influence |
Japanese imperial ideology
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Japanese national identity ⓘ |
| languageOfCult | Japanese ⓘ |
| majorShrine |
Ise Jingū
ⓘ
linked to:
Ise Grand Shrine
|
| mythology | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
Ama-no-Iwato myth
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linked to:
Kojiki
withdrawal into the rock cave ⓘ |
| parent | Izanagi ⓘ |
| positionInPantheon | one of the most important Shinto deities ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| residence |
High Celestial Plain
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Takamagahara ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
chief solar deity of Japan
ⓘ
divine ancestor of the Japanese imperial line ⓘ progenitor of the Japanese emperors ⓘ |
| sacredObject |
Imperial Regalia of Japan
ⓘ
Sacred Mirror ⓘ Yata no Kagami ⓘ |
| sibling |
Susanoo
ⓘ
Tsukuyomi ⓘ |
| spouseInSomeTraditions | Susanoo ⓘ |
| symbol |
light
ⓘ
mirror ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| title |
goddess of the High Celestial Plain
ⓘ
goddess of the sun ⓘ |
| typeOfWorship | state cult in premodern Japan ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Japanese people
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Shinto practitioners ⓘ |
| worshipPlace | Ise Grand Shrine ⓘ |
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: Amaterasu Description of subject: Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
Referenced by (58)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies
linked to: Amaterasu
linked to: Amaterasu
linked to: Amaterasu
subject linked to:
mirror Yata no Kagami
subject linked to:
mirror Yata no Kagami
linked to: Amaterasu
Izanagi’s purification after returning from Yomi
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bodyPartSource
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Amaterasu was born from Izanagi’s left eye
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linked to: Amaterasu
linked to: Amaterasu
subject linked to:
Yamato
linked to: Amaterasu