Tlaltecuhtli
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Tlaltecuhtli is a primordial earth deity in Aztec mythology, often depicted as a monstrous earth monster whose dismembered body formed the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tlaltecuhtli canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907245 — 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: Tlaltecuhtli Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Tlaltecuhtli]
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A.
Centeotl
Centeotl is the Aztec god of maize and agricultural fertility, central to rituals ensuring sustenance and abundance.
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B.
Itzpapalotl
Itzpapalotl is a fearsome skeletal warrior goddess in Aztec mythology, often depicted with obsidian butterfly wings and associated with night, sacrifice, and the star demons (Tzitzimimeh).
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C.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
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D.
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is the Aztec god of fire, time, and the hearth, revered as a primordial creator and source of life-giving warmth and energy.
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E.
Mictecacihuatl
Mictecacihuatl is the Aztec goddess of death and the underworld, often associated with funerary rites and later linked to modern Day of the Dead traditions.
- 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: Tlaltecuhtli Target entity description: Tlaltecuhtli is a primordial earth deity in Aztec mythology, often depicted as a monstrous earth monster whose dismembered body formed the world.
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A.
Centeotl
Centeotl is the Aztec god of maize and agricultural fertility, central to rituals ensuring sustenance and abundance.
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B.
Itzpapalotl
Itzpapalotl is a fearsome skeletal warrior goddess in Aztec mythology, often depicted with obsidian butterfly wings and associated with night, sacrifice, and the star demons (Tzitzimimeh).
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C.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
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D.
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is the Aztec god of fire, time, and the hearth, revered as a primordial creator and source of life-giving warmth and energy.
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E.
Mictecacihuatl
Mictecacihuatl is the Aztec goddess of death and the underworld, often associated with funerary rites and later linked to modern Day of the Dead traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
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earth deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
death
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earthquakes ⓘ fertility ⓘ regeneration ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ the surface of the earth ⓘ |
| bodyFormed |
earth
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land ⓘ world ⓘ |
| bodyPartAssociation |
eyes became springs and wells
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hair became trees and plants ⓘ mouth became caves ⓘ shoulders became mountains ⓘ |
| cosmicPosition |
foundation of the world
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under the earth ⓘ |
| cosmologicalFunction | source of the created world ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
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| depictedAs |
covered in mouths and eyes
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crocodile-like creature ⓘ gaping maw ⓘ monstrous earth monster ⓘ toad-like creature ⓘ |
| dismemberedBy |
Quetzalcoatl
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Tezcatlipoca ⓘ |
| dismembermentResult |
creation of the earth
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creation of the sky ⓘ |
| domain | earth ⓘ |
| gender |
often female
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sometimes male ⓘ |
| iconographicFeature |
clawed hands and feet
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face on joints ⓘ open jaws demanding blood ⓘ squatting posture ⓘ |
| mythInvolvement | creation of the world from a primordial monster ⓘ |
| mythology | Aztec mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “earth lord” ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
cyclical destruction and renewal of the world
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earth as devouring entity ⓘ |
| role |
personification of the earth
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primordial earth monster ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
offerings of blood
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offerings of hearts ⓘ ritual sacrifices ⓘ |
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: Tlaltecuhtli Description of subject: Tlaltecuhtli is a primordial earth deity in Aztec mythology, often depicted as a monstrous earth monster whose dismembered body formed the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.