Duat
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Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duat canonical | 13 |
| Duat (transliterated as Dwꜣt) | 1 |
| Egyptian underworld | 1 |
| Egyptian underworld (in Gods of Egypt) | 1 |
| Osirian afterlife | 1 |
| Ra travels through Duat each night | 1 |
| Weighing of the Heart ceremony | 1 |
| underworld (Duat) | 1 |
| weighing of the heart | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T467151 — 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: Duat Context triple: [Osiris, associatedWith, Duat]
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A.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the deep, gloomy abyss in Greek mythology used as a dungeon of torment and imprisonment for the Titans and other divine enemies.
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B.
Hades
Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.
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C.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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D.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
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E.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
- 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: Duat Target entity description: Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
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A.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the deep, gloomy abyss in Greek mythology used as a dungeon of torment and imprisonment for the Titans and other divine enemies.
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B.
Hades
Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.
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C.
Thoth
Thoth is the ancient Egyptian god of writing, wisdom, magic, and the moon, often depicted as an ibis-headed scribe of the gods.
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D.
Osiris
Osiris is the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and fertility, often depicted as a mummified king and central to Egyptian funerary religion.
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E.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife realm
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian underworld ⓘ mythological realm ⓘ |
| accessedThrough | tombs and burial rituals ⓘ |
| alsoSpelled |
Duat
ⓘ
Duat (transliterated as Dwꜣt) ⓘ
linked to:
Duat
|
| associatedDeity |
Ammit
ⓘ
Anubis ⓘ Horus ⓘ Ma’at ⓘ
linked to:
Ma'at
Ra ⓘ Thoth ⓘ |
| contains |
Field of Reeds
ⓘ
Hall of Two Truths ⓘ lakes of fire ⓘ river or waterways ⓘ various caverns and gates ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| describedAs |
realm of the dead
ⓘ
underworld ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Amduat
ⓘ
Book of Gates ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Coming Forth by Day
Book of the Dead ⓘ Coffin Texts ⓘ Pyramid Texts ⓘ |
| guardedBy | various deities and demons ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multiple regions or hours of the night ⓘ |
| ifHeartHeavierThanFeather | soul devoured by Ammit ⓘ |
| ifHeartLighterThanFeather | soul granted blessed afterlife ⓘ |
| judgmentInvolves | weighing of the heart ceremony ⓘ |
| judgmentLocationFor | souls of the dead ⓘ |
| judgmentPresidedBy | Osiris ⓘ |
| languageOfName | ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| linkedConcept | moral order and justice ⓘ |
| opposedBy | serpent Apophis in Ra’s nightly journey ⓘ |
| overseenBy | Osiris ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Osiris ⓘ |
| requires | knowledge of spells and names to traverse safely ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
location of judgment of the dead
ⓘ
place where souls travel after death ⓘ |
| sunJourneyCycle |
Ra travels through Duat each night
ⓘ
linked to:
Duat
|
| sunJourneyPurpose | renewal of the sun and cosmos ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cycle of death and rebirth
ⓘ
transition between life and afterlife ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
souls of the deceased
ⓘ
sun god Ra during nightly journey ⓘ |
| weighingOfHeartComparedTo | feather of Ma’at ⓘ |
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: Duat Description of subject: Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Duat
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linked to: Duat
linked to: Duat
subject linked to:
Re (sun god)