Gungnir

E77645

artifact in Norse mythology mythological weapon spear

Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gungnir canonical	11
Odin's spear	1
Odin's spear Gungnir	1
Wotan’s spear	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T579471 — 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: Gungnir
Context triple: [Norse mythology, featuresObject, Gungnir]

A. Mjolnir
Mjolnir is the legendary hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, renowned for its immense power, protection of the gods, and role as a symbol of divine authority and destruction.
B. Bifrost
Bifrost is the shimmering, rainbow-like bridge in Norse mythology that connects the realm of the gods, Asgard, with the world of humans, Midgard.
C. Midgard
Midgard is the human-inhabited world in Norse mythology, situated between the realms of gods and giants and encircled by a vast ocean.
D. Gjallarhorn
Gjallarhorn is the resounding horn of the god Heimdall in Norse mythology, famously used to signal the onset of Ragnarök.
E. Cleave
Cleave is a given name variant of Clive, used as an alternative personal name or spelling.
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: Gungnir
Target entity description: Gungnir is the legendary spear of the god Odin in Norse mythology, renowned for its unerring accuracy and powerful enchantments.

A. Mjolnir
Mjolnir is the legendary hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, renowned for its immense power, protection of the gods, and role as a symbol of divine authority and destruction.
B. Bifrost
Bifrost is the shimmering, rainbow-like bridge in Norse mythology that connects the realm of the gods, Asgard, with the world of humans, Midgard.
C. Midgard
Midgard is the human-inhabited world in Norse mythology, situated between the realms of gods and giants and encircled by a vast ocean.
D. Gjallarhorn
Gjallarhorn is the resounding horn of the god Heimdall in Norse mythology, famously used to signal the onset of Ragnarök.
E. Cleave
Cleave is a given name variant of Clive, used as an alternative personal name or spelling.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artifact in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological weapon ⓘ spear ⓘ
appearsIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
associatedWith	Odin ⓘ
category	Norse mythological objects ⓘ Weapons of Odin ⓘ
createdBy	Sons of Ivaldi ⓘ dwarves ⓘ
culture	Norse ⓘ
depictedWith	Odin on the battlefield ⓘ
etymology	Old Norse name Gungnir ⓘ
function	to consecrate enemies to Odin ⓘ
hasReputation	most famous spear in Norse mythology ⓘ
hasStatus	legendary weapon ⓘ
hasType	spear ⓘ
influenced	modern fantasy depictions of magic spears ⓘ popular culture representations of Odin ⓘ
material	metal ⓘ
meaning	the swaying one ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gylfaginning ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ linked to: Prose Edda
mythology	Norse mythology ⓘ
ownedBy	Odin ⓘ
property	always returns to its owner ⓘ never misses its target ⓘ powerful enchantments ⓘ unerring accuracy ⓘ
relatedTo	Draupnir ⓘ Sleipnir ⓘ
symbolizes	Odin’s authority ⓘ oaths ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ war ⓘ
thrownBy	Odin at the start of battles ⓘ
usedBy	Odin ⓘ
usedFor	rituals ⓘ swearing oaths ⓘ warfare ⓘ
wieldedIn	Ragnarök ⓘ linked to: Ragnarok