Angrboða
E356520
Angrboða is a giantess in Norse mythology known as the mother of monstrous beings, including the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jörmungandr, and the underworld goddess Hel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angrboða canonical | 9 |
| Angrboda (God of War Ragnarök) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3441806 — 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: Angrboða Context triple: [Hel, parent, Angrboða]
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A.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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B.
Hermóðr
Hermóðr is a figure in Norse mythology, often depicted as a brave messenger of the gods who rides to Hel on Odin’s behalf.
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C.
Víðarr
Víðarr is a silent Norse god associated with vengeance and strength, prophesied to avenge Odin by slaying the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök.
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D.
Dís
Dís is a Dwarven princess of Durin's Folk in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, best known as the mother of Fíli and Kíli and the sister of Thorin Oakenshield.
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E.
Höðr
Höðr is a blind god in Norse mythology best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr, an act that sets in motion events leading to Ragnarök.
- 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: Angrboða Target entity description: Angrboða is a giantess in Norse mythology known as the mother of monstrous beings, including the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jörmungandr, and the underworld goddess Hel.
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A.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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B.
Hermóðr
Hermóðr is a figure in Norse mythology, often depicted as a brave messenger of the gods who rides to Hel on Odin’s behalf.
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C.
Víðarr
Víðarr is a silent Norse god associated with vengeance and strength, prophesied to avenge Odin by slaying the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök.
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D.
Dís
Dís is a Dwarven princess of Durin's Folk in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, best known as the mother of Fíli and Kíli and the sister of Thorin Oakenshield.
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E.
Höðr
Höðr is a blind god in Norse mythology best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr, an act that sets in motion events leading to Ragnarök.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NorseMythologyCharacter
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giantess ⓘ jötunn ⓘ mythologicalFigure ⓘ |
| alignment | chaotic ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Járnviðr ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Loki
ⓘ
doom ⓘ monsters ⓘ prophecy ⓘ the end of the world ⓘ wolves ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| category |
Jötnar
ⓘ
Norse goddesses and giantesses ⓘ |
| child |
Fenrir
ⓘ
Hel ⓘ Jörmungandr ⓘ
linked to:
Jormungandr
|
| cosmologicalContext |
Nine Worlds of Norse cosmology
ⓘ
linked to:
Nine Worlds
|
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasOffspringType |
serpent
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underworld deity ⓘ wolf ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Völuspá ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Ragnarök cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
she who brings grief
ⓘ
the one who brings sorrow ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being mother of Fenrir
ⓘ
being mother of Hel ⓘ being mother of Jörmungandr ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cosmic chaos
ⓘ
monstrous motherhood ⓘ |
| residence | Járnviðr ⓘ |
| role | mother of monsters ⓘ |
| species | jötunn ⓘ |
| spouseOrConsort | Loki ⓘ |
| status | chthonic figure ⓘ |
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: Angrboða Description of subject: Angrboða is a giantess in Norse mythology known as the mother of monstrous beings, including the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jörmungandr, and the underworld goddess Hel.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.