Viy
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Viy is a horror novella by Nikolai Gogol, centered on a terrifying demonic figure, that appears as one of the tales in his collection "Mirgorod."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viy canonical | 2 |
| Viy (1967 film) | 1 |
| Viy (1990 film) | 1 |
| Viy (2014 film) / Forbidden Empire | 1 |
| Viy (demonic being) | 1 |
| Вий | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6763381 — 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: Viy Context triple: [Mirgorod, hasPart, Viy]
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A.
Vrakuňa
Vrakuňa is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, located in the eastern part of the city.
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B.
Neszmély
Neszmély is a village in northwestern Hungary on the Danube River, historically noted as the place where Holy Roman Emperor Albert II died.
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C.
Viliya
Viliya is an alternative name for the Neris River, a major river flowing through Belarus and Lithuania and a key tributary of the Neman.
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D.
Vanga
Vanga was an ancient historical region in eastern Bengal, centered in what is now southern Bangladesh and parts of the Indian state of West Bengal.
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E.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
- 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: Viy Target entity description: Viy is a horror novella by Nikolai Gogol, centered on a terrifying demonic figure, that appears as one of the tales in his collection "Mirgorod."
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A.
Vrakuňa
Vrakuňa is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, located in the eastern part of the city.
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B.
Neszmély
Neszmély is a village in northwestern Hungary on the Danube River, historically noted as the place where Holy Roman Emperor Albert II died.
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C.
Viliya
Viliya is an alternative name for the Neris River, a major river flowing through Belarus and Lithuania and a key tributary of the Neman.
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D.
Vanga
Vanga was an ancient historical region in eastern Bengal, centered in what is now southern Bangladesh and parts of the Indian state of West Bengal.
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E.
Yunaska
Yunaska is the maiden surname of Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror fiction work
ⓘ
novella ⓘ |
| author | Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| basedOn | Slavic folklore ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fear
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ religion and superstition ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| collection | Mirgorod ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
demonic summoning
ⓘ
failure of faith in the face of terror ⓘ protective magic circle in a church ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Viy (demonic being)
ⓘ
linked to:
Viy
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Viy (1967 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Viy
Viy (1990 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Viy
Viy (2014 film) / Forbidden Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Viy
radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | considered one of the earliest Russian horror classics ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationTradition | book illustrations depicting Viy and Khoma Brut ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later Russian and Ukrainian horror literature ⓘ |
| includedIn | Russian literature canon ⓘ |
| influenced | Soviet horror cinema ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Ukrainian-themed Russian prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Khoma Brut ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableElement |
appearance of a monstrous demon with heavy eyelids
ⓘ
three-night vigil over a witch’s corpse ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Вий
ⓘ
linked to:
Viy
|
| partOf | Mirgorod ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | seminarian ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEdition | Nikolai Gogol’s Mirgorod collection publisher (Russia, 1835) ⓘ |
| setting |
Kiev Theological Seminary (fictionalized)
ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | early modern Ukraine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Viy Description of subject: Viy is a horror novella by Nikolai Gogol, centered on a terrifying demonic figure, that appears as one of the tales in his collection "Mirgorod."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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