The Mark of the Beast
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"The Mark of the Beast" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that blends horror and colonial-era adventure, following a British man in India who suffers a terrifying curse after desecrating a local shrine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mark of the Beast | 1 |
| The Mark of the Beast canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824380 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mark of the Beast Context triple: [Plain Tales from the Hills, hasPart, The Mark of the Beast]
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A.
The Revelation
"The Revelation" is a musical cue from Jerry Goldsmith's iconic 1968 Planet of the Apes film score, known for its avant-garde orchestration and tense, atmospheric character.
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B.
Beast of the Apocalypse
The Beast of the Apocalypse is the prophesied world-ending demon form of Hellboy, destined to bring about the destruction of Earth in the Hellboy comic universe.
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C.
The Antichrist
The Antichrist is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he fiercely critiques Christianity and traditional morality while advocating for a revaluation of values.
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D.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 silent epic war film that catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and became one of the early cinema’s major box-office successes.
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E.
The Beast Incarnate
The Beast Incarnate is the fearsome professional wrestling persona of Brock Lesnar, known for his overwhelming power, intensity, and dominance in WWE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mark of the Beast Target entity description: "The Mark of the Beast" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that blends horror and colonial-era adventure, following a British man in India who suffers a terrifying curse after desecrating a local shrine.
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A.
The Revelation
"The Revelation" is a musical cue from Jerry Goldsmith's iconic 1968 Planet of the Apes film score, known for its avant-garde orchestration and tense, atmospheric character.
-
B.
Beast of the Apocalypse
The Beast of the Apocalypse is the prophesied world-ending demon form of Hellboy, destined to bring about the destruction of Earth in the Hellboy comic universe.
-
C.
The Antichrist
The Antichrist is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he fiercely critiques Christianity and traditional morality while advocating for a revaluation of values.
-
D.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 silent epic war film that catapulted Rudolph Valentino to stardom and became one of the early cinema’s major box-office successes.
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E.
The Beast Incarnate
The Beast Incarnate is the fearsome professional wrestling persona of Brock Lesnar, known for his overwhelming power, intensity, and dominance in WWE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era adventure story
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horror story ⓘ short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
clash between Western rationalism and indigenous beliefs
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colonial arrogance and disrespect for local religion ⓘ consequences of sacrilege ⓘ supernatural curse ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
bestial transformation
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possession or loss of self ⓘ religious desecration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
tension between British officials and local religious practitioners
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violence used to counter the curse ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
limits of Western medicine and reason
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moral responsibility of colonizers ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Fleete
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Strickland ⓘ a native priest ⓘ the narrator ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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colonial fiction ⓘ horror ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | adapted in various radio and audio drama formats ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
British Raj in India
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linked to:
British India
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| hasInfluenceOn | later colonial horror fiction ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as one of Kipling's notable horror stories ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | the beastly mark on Fleete's body ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A British man in India desecrates a local shrine and is afflicted by a terrifying curse that transforms his behavior and body. ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Plain Tales from the Hills
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The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales ⓘ
linked to:
The Phantom Rickshaw
|
| settingLocation | India ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
British colonial era
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linked to:
British colonial period
|
| tone |
dark
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macabre ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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linked to: The Mark of the Beast