Lords of the Night cycle
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The Lords of the Night cycle is a sequence of nine deities in the Maya calendrical system that govern successive nights in a repeating ritual and divinatory pattern.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lords of the Night cycle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11241862 — 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: Lords of the Night cycle Context triple: [Maya calendar, hasComponent, Lords of the Night cycle]
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A.
Hawkmoon series
The Hawkmoon series is a fantasy novel cycle by Michael Moorcock that follows the adventures of Dorian Hawkmoon in a far-future, war-torn Europe blending science fiction, magic, and anti-imperialist themes.
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B.
Kingdoms of the Night
Kingdoms of the Night is a large indoor nocturnal exhibit featuring creatures of the dark, located at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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C.
Books of Blood
Books of Blood is a landmark horror short story collection by Clive Barker that helped establish his reputation for dark, imaginative, and visceral fiction.
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D.
The Orders of the Night
The Orders of the Night is a large-scale, symbolically rich painting by German artist Anselm Kiefer that explores themes of history, memory, and the cosmos through his characteristic use of textured, monumental imagery.
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E.
Incarnations of Immortality series
The Incarnations of Immortality series is a fantasy novel sequence by Piers Anthony that personifies abstract concepts like Death, Time, and Fate as officeholders in a metaphysical bureaucracy.
- 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: Lords of the Night cycle Target entity description: The Lords of the Night cycle is a sequence of nine deities in the Maya calendrical system that govern successive nights in a repeating ritual and divinatory pattern.
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A.
Hawkmoon series
The Hawkmoon series is a fantasy novel cycle by Michael Moorcock that follows the adventures of Dorian Hawkmoon in a far-future, war-torn Europe blending science fiction, magic, and anti-imperialist themes.
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B.
Kingdoms of the Night
Kingdoms of the Night is a large indoor nocturnal exhibit featuring creatures of the dark, located at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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C.
Books of Blood
Books of Blood is a landmark horror short story collection by Clive Barker that helped establish his reputation for dark, imaginative, and visceral fiction.
-
D.
The Orders of the Night
The Orders of the Night is a large-scale, symbolically rich painting by German artist Anselm Kiefer that explores themes of history, memory, and the cosmos through his characteristic use of textured, monumental imagery.
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E.
Incarnations of Immortality series
The Incarnations of Immortality series is a fantasy novel sequence by Piers Anthony that personifies abstract concepts like Death, Time, and Fate as officeholders in a metaphysical bureaucracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya calendrical cycle
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divinatory cycle ⓘ ritual cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| governs | successive nights ⓘ |
| governsAspectOf |
omens of the night
ⓘ
ritual timing ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
G1
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G2 ⓘ G3 ⓘ G4 ⓘ G5 ⓘ G6 ⓘ G7 ⓘ G8 ⓘ G9 ⓘ |
| hasConceptualRole | ordering of nocturnal time ⓘ |
| hasCycleLength | 9 nights ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
astral symbolism
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religion ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
divinatory interpretation of nights
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ritual regulation of nights ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDeities | 9 ⓘ |
| hasOrdering | fixed sequence of nine deities ⓘ |
| hasReligiousRole | patronage of specific nights ⓘ |
| hasRepetitionPattern | continuous repeating sequence ⓘ |
| hasScriptRepresentation | Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfDeity | night deity ⓘ |
| isCyclic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Maya calendrical system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Maya day lords
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Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ |
| repeatsEvery | 9 nights ⓘ |
| temporalScope | night ⓘ |
| usedFor |
prognostication
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selection of ritual dates ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Maya divination
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Maya ritual practice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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