Tonatiuh
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Tonatiuh is the Aztec sun god, central to their cosmology and warfare ideology, often associated with sacrifice and the valor of elite warriors.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tonatiuh canonical | 13 |
| Ilhuicatl Tonatiuh | 1 |
| sun god Tonatiuh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4619394 — 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: Tonatiuh Context triple: [Eagle warriors, religiousAssociation, Tonatiuh]
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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C.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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D.
Tlalocan
Tlalocan is the lush, paradise-like afterlife realm in Aztec mythology associated with the rain god Tlaloc, where those who died from water-related causes were believed to dwell.
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E.
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec god of the sun and war, revered as the patron deity of Tenochtitlan and central to Mexica state religion and ritual sacrifice.
- 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: Tonatiuh Target entity description: Tonatiuh is the Aztec sun god, central to their cosmology and warfare ideology, often associated with sacrifice and the valor of elite warriors.
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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C.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
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D.
Tlalocan
Tlalocan is the lush, paradise-like afterlife realm in Aztec mythology associated with the rain god Tlaloc, where those who died from water-related causes were believed to dwell.
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E.
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec god of the sun and war, revered as the patron deity of Tenochtitlan and central to Mexica state religion and ritual sacrifice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
ⓘ
solar deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aztec Sun Stone
ⓘ
linked to:
Piedra del Sol
|
| associatedRitual |
gladiatorial sacrifice
ⓘ
heart extraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aztec Sun Stone
ⓘ
linked to:
Piedra del Sol
Aztec calendar ⓘ eagle warriors ⓘ
linked to:
Eagle warriors
elite warriors ⓘ human sacrifice ⓘ jaguar warriors ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| centerOf |
Aztec Sun Stone
ⓘ
linked to:
Piedra del Sol
|
| cosmicEra |
Fifth Sun
ⓘ
linked to:
Legend of the Five Suns
|
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec Empire
|
| depictedAs |
solar disk with face
ⓘ
warrior-like figure ⓘ |
| directionalAssociation | east ⓘ |
| domain | sun ⓘ |
| equivalentInBroadCategory | Mesoamerican sun gods ⓘ |
| function | to keep the sun moving across the sky ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
eagle feathers
ⓘ
solar rays ⓘ tongue represented as a sacrificial knife ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| linkedToConcept |
cosmic renewal
ⓘ
maintenance of the universe ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | sun that began after the gods sacrificed themselves at Teotihuacan ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | He Who Goes Forth Shining ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Aztec pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| receivesSacrificesFrom |
captured warriors
ⓘ
voluntary sacrificial victims ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Aztec concept of sacred war (xochiyaoyotl)
ⓘ
Aztec imperial expansion justified by need for sacrifice ⓘ |
| requires |
human blood
ⓘ
human hearts ⓘ |
| requiresFromHumans | continuous sacrifice to prevent cosmic catastrophe ⓘ |
| roleInCosmology | central sun god of the Fifth Sun ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
sacrificial obligation
ⓘ
the sun at its zenith ⓘ warrior valor ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMajorCult |
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
|
| worshipCenter |
Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlan)
ⓘ
linked to:
Templo Mayor
|
| worshipPractices |
ritual sacrifice
ⓘ
warfare-related rites ⓘ |
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: Tonatiuh Description of subject: Tonatiuh is the Aztec sun god, central to their cosmology and warfare ideology, often associated with sacrifice and the valor of elite warriors.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
xiuhcoatl
subject linked to:
xiuhcoatl
subject linked to:
underworld Mictlan
linked to: Tonatiuh
linked to: Tonatiuh