Oshosi (Òṣóòsi)
E947843
Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) is a Yoruba orisha associated with hunting, the forest, justice, and the pursuit of truth, revered as a skilled tracker and protector.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) canonical | 1 |
| Òṣóòsi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11797040 — 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: Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) Context triple: [Yoruba orishas, hasNotableMember, Oshosi (Òṣóòsi)]
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A.
Omo-Tana
Omo-Tana is a subbranch of the Cushitic language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
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B.
Oyá
Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
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C.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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D.
Oworonshoki
Oworonshoki is a densely populated waterfront suburb in Lagos, Nigeria, located on the mainland along the Lagos Lagoon.
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E.
Ojuelegba
"Ojuelegba" is a hit Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid that reflects his struggles and rise from the Ojuelegba neighborhood of Lagos to international fame.
- 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: Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) Target entity description: Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) is a Yoruba orisha associated with hunting, the forest, justice, and the pursuit of truth, revered as a skilled tracker and protector.
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A.
Omo-Tana
Omo-Tana is a subbranch of the Cushitic language family comprising several closely related languages spoken primarily in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
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B.
Oyá
Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
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C.
Olojo Festival
Olojo Festival is a major Yoruba cultural and religious celebration held annually in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, honoring Ogun and the creation of the world through elaborate rituals and royal ceremonies.
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D.
Oworonshoki
Oworonshoki is a densely populated waterfront suburb in Lagos, Nigeria, located on the mainland along the Lagos Lagoon.
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E.
Ojuelegba
"Ojuelegba" is a hit Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist Wizkid that reflects his struggles and rise from the Ojuelegba neighborhood of Lagos to international fame.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba deity
ⓘ
hunting deity ⓘ orisha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Exu
ⓘ
linked to:
Elegguá
Obatalá ⓘ Ogún ⓘ
linked to:
Ogun
Oxóssi ⓘ forest ⓘ hunting ⓘ justice ⓘ protection ⓘ tracking ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| culture | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| domain |
animals
ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ |
| function |
bringer of justice
ⓘ
finder of lost things ⓘ guide in the forest ⓘ protector of hunters ⓘ provider of food through hunting ⓘ |
| language | Yoruba ⓘ |
| memberOf |
orishas of nature
ⓘ
warrior orishas ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ochosi
ⓘ
Oxóssi ⓘ Òṣóòsi ⓘ
linked to:
Oshosi (Òṣóòsi)
|
| pantheon | Yoruba pantheon ⓘ |
| religion | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
guardian
ⓘ
hunter ⓘ tracker ⓘ |
| symbol |
bow and arrow
ⓘ
hunting tools ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
patron of hunters
ⓘ
patron of those seeking justice ⓘ patron of those who are lost ⓘ |
| worshipedIn |
Afro-Brazilian religions
ⓘ
Benin ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Candomblé ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Regla de Ocha ⓘ Santería ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ |
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: Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) Description of subject: Oshosi (Òṣóòsi) is a Yoruba orisha associated with hunting, the forest, justice, and the pursuit of truth, revered as a skilled tracker and protector.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.