Yemoja
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Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441450 — 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: Yemoja Context triple: [Yoruba, pantheonIncludes, Yemoja]
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A.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power, later known as Ishtar.
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B.
Olosega
Olosega is a small volcanic island in the Manuʻa group of American Samoa, known for its dramatic cliffs, lush vegetation, and connection by bridge to the neighboring island of Ofu.
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C.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Nzebi
Nzebi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nzebi people of Gabon and recognized there as one of the national languages.
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E.
Āṯūrāyē
Āṯūrāyē is the endonym used in Neo-Aramaic and related dialects by the Assyrian people, an indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia with a heritage tracing back to the ancient Assyrian civilization.
- 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: Yemoja Target entity description: Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.
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A.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power, later known as Ishtar.
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B.
Olosega
Olosega is a small volcanic island in the Manuʻa group of American Samoa, known for its dramatic cliffs, lush vegetation, and connection by bridge to the neighboring island of Ofu.
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C.
Neith
Neith is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war, hunting, and weaving, often revered as a creator deity and protector of Lower Egypt.
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D.
Nzebi
Nzebi is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Nzebi people of Gabon and recognized there as one of the national languages.
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E.
Āṯūrāyē
Āṯūrāyē is the endonym used in Neo-Aramaic and related dialects by the Assyrian people, an indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia with a heritage tracing back to the ancient Assyrian civilization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ water deity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Iemanjá
ⓘ
linked to:
Yemoja
Yemanjá ⓘ
linked to:
Yemoja
Yemayá ⓘ
linked to:
Yemoja
Yemọja ⓘ
linked to:
Yemoja
|
| associatedConcept |
childbirth
ⓘ
divination ⓘ family protection ⓘ fertility of women ⓘ healing ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fertility
ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ oceans ⓘ protection ⓘ rivers ⓘ sea ⓘ water ⓘ |
| colorAssociation |
blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| culture | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| domain |
oceans
ⓘ
rivers ⓘ seas ⓘ waters ⓘ |
| element | water ⓘ |
| familyRole | mother of many orishas ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Candomblé
ⓘ
Santería ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ Vodou traditions ⓘ |
| religion | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
nurturing mother figure
ⓘ
protector ⓘ |
| symbol |
fish
ⓘ
moon ⓘ seashells ⓘ water ⓘ |
| typeOf | orisha ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Benin
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ diaspora religions ⓘ |
| worshipForm |
festivals
ⓘ
offerings at rivers ⓘ ritual baths ⓘ |
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: Yemoja Description of subject: Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
linked to: Yemoja
subject linked to:
Ibeji (Ìbejì, divine twins)