Viracocha
E61083
Viracocha is the great creator god in Inca mythology, credited with forming the world, humanity, and other deities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viracocha canonical | 15 |
| Viracocha Inca | 2 |
| Con-Tici Viracocha | 1 |
| Inca sun god Viracocha (Kon-Tiki Viracocha) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T478953 — 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: Viracocha Context triple: [Inca Empire, patronDeity, Viracocha]
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A.
Yucay
Yucay is a small Andean town in Peru’s Sacred Valley, known for its traditional agriculture, Inca terraces, and scenic mountain surroundings.
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B.
Atahualpa
Atahualpa was the last sovereign emperor of the Inca Empire, captured and executed by Spanish conquistadors, marking the effective end of Inca imperial rule.
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C.
Inca emperor Pachacuti
Inca emperor Pachacuti was the transformative 15th-century ruler of the Inca Empire who greatly expanded its territory and is credited with initiating its imperial golden age.
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D.
Huaca Pucllana
Huaca Pucllana is a pre-Inca adobe pyramid and ceremonial complex located in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.
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E.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
- 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: Viracocha Target entity description: Viracocha is the great creator god in Inca mythology, credited with forming the world, humanity, and other deities.
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A.
Yucay
Yucay is a small Andean town in Peru’s Sacred Valley, known for its traditional agriculture, Inca terraces, and scenic mountain surroundings.
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B.
Atahualpa
Atahualpa was the last sovereign emperor of the Inca Empire, captured and executed by Spanish conquistadors, marking the effective end of Inca imperial rule.
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C.
Inca emperor Pachacuti
Inca emperor Pachacuti was the transformative 15th-century ruler of the Inca Empire who greatly expanded its territory and is credited with initiating its imperial golden age.
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D.
Huaca Pucllana
Huaca Pucllana is a pre-Inca adobe pyramid and ceremonial complex located in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.
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E.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean deity
ⓘ
Inca deity ⓘ creator god ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Andean oral tradition
ⓘ
Inca creation myth ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
civilization
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ creation ex nihilo ⓘ flood myth ⓘ light ⓘ |
| category |
Inca gods
ⓘ
creator gods in mythology ⓘ |
| creates |
earth
ⓘ
humanity ⓘ moon ⓘ other deities ⓘ sky ⓘ stars ⓘ sun ⓘ world ⓘ |
| culture |
Inca civilization
ⓘ
linked to:
Inca Empire
pre-Columbian Andes ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
bearded man
ⓘ
robed figure ⓘ staff-bearing deity ⓘ |
| epithet |
Apu Qun Tiqsi Wiraqutra
ⓘ
Con-Tici Viracocha ⓘ
linked to:
Viracocha
|
| equatedBySpaniardsWith |
Christian God
ⓘ
linked to:
God
|
| honoredBy | Sapa Inca ⓘ |
| influenced | Inca imperial ideology ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Aymara
ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ |
| mythology |
Inca mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Andean mythology
|
| parentOf |
Inti
ⓘ
Mama Killa ⓘ other Inca deities ⓘ |
| performs |
ordering of chaos
ⓘ
recreation of humanity ⓘ sending of a great flood ⓘ |
| region |
Andes
ⓘ
Peru ⓘ |
| religion | Inca religion ⓘ |
| role |
culture hero
ⓘ
great creator god ⓘ supreme god ⓘ |
| spouse | Mama Cocha ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Cuzco
ⓘ
linked to:
Cusco
Tiwanaku ⓘ
linked to:
Tiwanaku archaeological site
|
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: Viracocha Description of subject: Viracocha is the great creator god in Inca mythology, credited with forming the world, humanity, and other deities.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Inca emperor Pachacuti
linked to: Viracocha
subject linked to:
Inca emperor Pachacuti
linked to: Viracocha
linked to: Viracocha