Sköll
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Sköll is a wolf from Norse mythology who chases the sun across the sky and is fated to devour it at Ragnarök.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sköll canonical | 8 |
| Sköll chases the Sun | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3551465 — 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: Sköll Context triple: [Fenrir, offspring, Sköll]
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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.
Fenrir
Fenrir is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology prophesied to kill the god Odin during Ragnarök.
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C.
Muninn
Muninn is one of the two ravens in Norse mythology who serve Odin by flying across the world to gather and report information back to him.
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D.
Níðhöggr
Níðhöggr is a fearsome dragon or serpent from Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil and is associated with chaos and destruction.
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E.
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.
- 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: Sköll Target entity description: Sköll is a wolf from Norse mythology who chases the sun across the sky and is fated to devour it at Ragnarök.
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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.
Fenrir
Fenrir is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology prophesied to kill the god Odin during Ragnarök.
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C.
Muninn
Muninn is one of the two ravens in Norse mythology who serve Odin by flying across the world to gather and report information back to him.
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D.
Níðhöggr
Níðhöggr is a fearsome dragon or serpent from Norse mythology that gnaws at the roots of the world tree Yggdrasil and is associated with chaos and destruction.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Norse mythology
ⓘ
mythological wolf ⓘ |
| associatedWith | cosmic wolves ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Ragnarök
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragnarok
|
| belongsToTradition | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| category |
Mythological wolves
ⓘ
Norse legendary creatures ⓘ Ragnarök figures ⓘ |
| chasesAcross | the sky ⓘ |
| cosmicCycle | daily chase of the sun ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction | explains the movement of the sun ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| domain | sky ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | bringer of darkness at Ragnarök ⓘ |
| fate | to devour the sun at Ragnarök ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
“Mockery”
ⓘ
“Treachery” ⓘ |
| opposes | the gods ⓘ |
| parent | Fenrir ⓘ |
| pursues |
Sól
ⓘ
the Sun ⓘ |
| pursuesDeity | Sól, the sun goddess ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | eclipse myth ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fenrir
ⓘ
Hati ⓘ |
| role | chaser of the sun ⓘ |
| sibling | Hati Hróðvitnisson ⓘ |
| species | wolf ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
destruction of cosmic order
ⓘ
inevitable doom ⓘ |
| typeOfBeing | giant wolf ⓘ |
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: Sköll Description of subject: Sköll is a wolf from Norse mythology who chases the sun across the sky and is fated to devour it at Ragnarök.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sköll