Irra
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Irra is a Mesopotamian god associated with war, plague, and destruction, often regarded as a fierce aspect or manifestation of the underworld deity Nergal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Irra canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8350678 — 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: Irra Context triple: [Nergal, equatedWith, Irra]
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A.
Iba
Iba is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the administrative and economic center of the province of Zambales.
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B.
Ranna
Ranna was a prominent 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of early Kannada literature for his influential epic and courtly works.
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C.
Ila
Ila is a central fictional character in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as Noah's adopted daughter and Shem's wife, whose personal journey and relationships drive much of the movie's emotional narrative.
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D.
Warihío
Warihío is an Indigenous Uto-Aztecan-speaking people of northwestern Mexico, primarily living in the Sierra Madre Occidental region of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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E.
Ilo
Ilo is a given name associated with the individual Ilo Browne Wallace.
- 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: Irra Target entity description: Irra is a Mesopotamian god associated with war, plague, and destruction, often regarded as a fierce aspect or manifestation of the underworld deity Nergal.
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A.
Iba
Iba is a coastal municipality in the Philippines that serves as the administrative and economic center of the province of Zambales.
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B.
Ranna
Ranna was a prominent 10th-century Kannada poet, celebrated as one of the “three gems” of early Kannada literature for his influential epic and courtly works.
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C.
Ila
Ila is a central fictional character in the 2014 biblical epic film "Noah," portrayed as Noah's adopted daughter and Shem's wife, whose personal journey and relationships drive much of the movie's emotional narrative.
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D.
Warihío
Warihío is an Indigenous Uto-Aztecan-speaking people of northwestern Mexico, primarily living in the Sierra Madre Occidental region of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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E.
Ilo
Ilo is a given name associated with the individual Ilo Browne Wallace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian god
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destruction deity ⓘ plague deity ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nergal
ⓘ
destruction ⓘ plague ⓘ underworld ⓘ war ⓘ |
| attestedInLanguage |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ |
| belongsToPantheon |
Akkadian pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamian religion
Assyrian pantheon ⓘ
linked to:
Assyrian religion
Babylonian pantheon ⓘ
linked to:
Babylonian polytheism
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| character |
destructive
ⓘ
violent ⓘ wrathful ⓘ |
| consideredAspectOf | Nergal ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | benevolent healing deities ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
agent of divine punishment
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bringer of chaos and ruin ⓘ |
| culture | Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| domain |
devastation of cities
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epidemics ⓘ mass death ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| equatedWith | Erra in some scholarly traditions ⓘ |
| fearedAs | bringer of sudden catastrophe ⓘ |
| gender | male deity ⓘ |
| hasEpithet |
bringer of destruction
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fierce god of war ⓘ lord of plague ⓘ |
| invokedFor |
destruction of enemies
ⓘ
military success ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
personification of destructive warfare
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personification of epidemic plague ⓘ |
| opposedTo | order and stability ⓘ |
| relatedDeity | Erra ⓘ |
| sharesFunctionsWith | Nergal ⓘ |
| typeOf | chthonic deity ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
ancient Mesopotamia
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamia
|
| worshipType | state cult and local cults ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Irra Description of subject: Irra is a Mesopotamian god associated with war, plague, and destruction, often regarded as a fierce aspect or manifestation of the underworld deity Nergal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.