Cihuacoatl
E641704
Cihuacoatl is an Aztec goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, and warfare, often depicted as a fearsome serpent or skull-faced woman linked to childbirth and the underworld.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cihuacoatl canonical | 2 |
| cihuacoatl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6986220 — 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: Cihuacoatl Context triple: [Coatlicue, relatedDeity, Cihuacoatl]
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A.
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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B.
Xolotl
Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
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C.
Xiuhcoatl
Xiuhcoatl is a mythological Aztec fire serpent often depicted as a powerful, divine weapon associated with the sun and war.
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D.
Mixcoatl
Mixcoatl is an important Mesoamerican hunting and war deity, often associated with the Milky Way, storms, and the patronage of hunters and warriors.
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E.
Centeotl
Centeotl is the Aztec god of maize and agricultural fertility, central to rituals ensuring sustenance and abundance.
- 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: Cihuacoatl Target entity description: Cihuacoatl is an Aztec goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, and warfare, often depicted as a fearsome serpent or skull-faced woman linked to childbirth and the underworld.
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A.
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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B.
Xolotl
Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
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C.
Xiuhcoatl
Xiuhcoatl is a mythological Aztec fire serpent often depicted as a powerful, divine weapon associated with the sun and war.
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D.
Mixcoatl
Mixcoatl is an important Mesoamerican hunting and war deity, often associated with the Milky Way, storms, and the patronage of hunters and warriors.
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E.
Centeotl
Centeotl is the Aztec god of maize and agricultural fertility, central to rituals ensuring sustenance and abundance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec goddess
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deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Aztec mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cihuateteo
ⓘ
childbirth ⓘ earth ⓘ fertility ⓘ ghosts of women who died in childbirth ⓘ maternity ⓘ midwifery ⓘ motherhood ⓘ night ⓘ serpents ⓘ the underworld ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec culture
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| depictedAs |
fearsome woman
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serpent ⓘ skull-faced woman ⓘ |
| domain |
childbirth
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ war ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
fearsome warrior
ⓘ
nurturing mother ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Coatlicue
ⓘ
Mictlan ⓘ
linked to:
underworld Mictlan
Tlazolteotl ⓘ Tonantzin ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
harbinger of disaster
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omen of war ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “Snake Woman” ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| role | protector of women who die in childbirth ⓘ |
| symbol |
cradle
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serpent ⓘ shield ⓘ skull ⓘ |
| title | “Snake Woman” ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity |
earth goddess
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mother goddess ⓘ war goddess ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Aztecs
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linked to:
Mexica
|
| worshippedIn |
Central Mexico
ⓘ
Tenochtitlan ⓘ |
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: Cihuacoatl Description of subject: Cihuacoatl is an Aztec goddess associated with motherhood, fertility, and warfare, often depicted as a fearsome serpent or skull-faced woman linked to childbirth and the underworld.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cihuacoatl