Loki
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Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for his shape-shifting, cunning, and role in both aiding and undermining the other gods.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Loki canonical | 184 |
| Loki (Marvel Comics) | 3 |
| Loki Laufeyson (variant L1130) | 2 |
| God of Mischief | 1 |
| Kid Loki | 1 |
| Loke | 1 |
| Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe character) | 1 |
| Loki (Marvel Comics character) | 1 |
| Loki (Supernatural) | 1 |
| Loki (TV series) | 1 |
| Loki (at times) | 1 |
| Loki (various versions) | 1 |
| Loki Laufeyson | 1 |
| Loki Lie-smith | 1 |
| LokiFamily | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579432 — 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: Loki Context triple: [Norse mythology, hasDeity, Loki]
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A.
Heimdall
Heimdall is a powerful Asgardian guardian in the Marvel universe, known for his all-seeing vision, immense strength, and duty to watch over the Bifröst Bridge.
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B.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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C.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
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D.
Hawkeye
Hawkeye is a Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series centered on the archer superhero Clint Barton and his protégé Kate Bishop.
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E.
Svante
Svante is the given name of Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo, a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in the field of paleogenomics.
- 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: Loki Target entity description: Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for his shape-shifting, cunning, and role in both aiding and undermining the other gods.
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A.
Heimdall
Heimdall is a powerful Asgardian guardian in the Marvel universe, known for his all-seeing vision, immense strength, and duty to watch over the Bifröst Bridge.
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B.
Odin
Odin is the chief god in Norse mythology, associated with wisdom, war, poetry, and magic, and revered as the ruler of Asgard and the Aesir gods.
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C.
Gunnar
Gunnar is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, commonly used in Scandinavian countries and associated with warriors or bold fighters.
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D.
Hawkeye
Hawkeye is a Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series centered on the archer superhero Clint Barton and his protégé Kate Bishop.
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E.
Svante
Svante is the given name of Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo, a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in the field of paleogenomics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse deity
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ trickster god ⓘ |
| aids |
Odin
ⓘ
Thor ⓘ other Aesir ⓘ |
| alignment | ambiguous ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
chaos
ⓘ
liminality ⓘ mischief ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aesir
ⓘ
giants ⓘ |
| canShapeShiftInto |
fly
ⓘ
mare ⓘ old woman ⓘ salmon ⓘ various animals ⓘ various human forms ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Aesir ⓘ |
| causesEvent | death of Baldr ⓘ |
| child |
Fenrir
ⓘ
Hel ⓘ Jörmungandr ⓘ
linked to:
Jormungandr
Narfi ⓘ Sleipnir ⓘ Vali (son of Loki) ⓘ |
| consort | Angrboða ⓘ |
| culture |
Germanic mythology
ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ |
| eventualSideAtRagnarök | forces of chaos ⓘ |
| father | Fárbauti ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownForMyth |
Lokasenna (Loki’s flyting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Poetic Edda
binding of Fenrir ⓘ
linked to:
Fenrir
building of Asgard’s wall ⓘ creation of Mjölnir ⓘ death of Baldr ⓘ the theft of Iðunn’s apples ⓘ |
| locationDuringPunishment | cave ⓘ |
| mother | Laufey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cunning
ⓘ
deception ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ |
| opposes |
Aesir gods
ⓘ
Baldr ⓘ |
| primarySources |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ Skaldic poetry ⓘ |
| punishment |
bound with entrails of his son
ⓘ
tortured by serpent’s venom ⓘ |
| rescuedFromVenomBy | Sigyn ⓘ |
| role | trickster ⓘ |
| spouse | Sigyn ⓘ |
| willFightAgainst | Aesir at Ragnarök ⓘ |
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: Loki Description of subject: Loki is a trickster god in Norse mythology known for his shape-shifting, cunning, and role in both aiding and undermining the other gods.
Referenced by (201)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.