Fólkvangr
E357061
Fólkvangr is a field or realm in Norse mythology presided over by the goddess Freyja, where she receives a share of the slain in battle.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3441821 — 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: Fólkvangr Context triple: [Hel, contrastedWith, Fólkvangr]
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A.
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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B.
Valaskjálf
Valaskjálf is the lofty, silver-roofed hall in Norse mythology where the god Odin sits on his high throne Hliðskjálf to survey all the worlds.
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C.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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D.
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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E.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
- 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: Fólkvangr Target entity description: Fólkvangr is a field or realm in Norse mythology presided over by the goddess Freyja, where she receives a share of the slain in battle.
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A.
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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B.
Valaskjálf
Valaskjálf is the lofty, silver-roofed hall in Norse mythology where the god Odin sits on his high throne Hliðskjálf to survey all the worlds.
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C.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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D.
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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E.
Baldr
Baldr is a radiant and beloved Norse god associated with light, purity, and beauty, whose death is a central and tragic event in Norse mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife realm
ⓘ
field ⓘ mythological location ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Freyja ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
death in battle
ⓘ
fertility goddess Freyja ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| category |
Afterlife places
ⓘ
Locations in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Valhalla ⓘ |
| etymologyMeaning | field of the host ⓘ |
| governedBy | Freyja ⓘ |
| hasHall | Sessrúmnir ⓘ |
| hasHallFunction | Sessrúmnir as Freyja's hall for the dead ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySourceLanguage | Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| locatedInCosmology | Asgard ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Grímnismál
ⓘ
Gylfaginning ⓘ Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| presidedBy | Freyja ⓘ |
| realmOf | Freyja ⓘ |
| receives | half of those slain in battle ⓘ |
| receivesShareOf | slain in battle ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | destination for some fallen warriors ⓘ |
| selectionOfDeadBy | Freyja ⓘ |
| selectionOfDeadSharedWith | Odin ⓘ |
| sharesFunctionWith | Valhalla ⓘ |
| sharesSlainWith |
Odin
ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ |
| typeOfAfterlife | warrior afterlife ⓘ |
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: Fólkvangr Description of subject: Fólkvangr is a field or realm in Norse mythology presided over by the goddess Freyja, where she receives a share of the slain in battle.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world)
subject linked to:
Hel (goddess)
linked to: Fólkvangr
subject linked to:
Halls of the Æsir
subject linked to:
Valhalla (mythological hall in Norse mythology)