Maria Sabina
E1044428
Maria Sabina was a Mazatec curandera and shaman from Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for her ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms and her influence on Western psychedelic culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maria Sabina canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13502633 — 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: Maria Sabina Context triple: [Huautla de Jiménez region, associatedWith, Maria Sabina]
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A.
Crespina Lorenzana
Crespina Lorenzana is a municipality in the Tuscany region of central Italy, known for its rural landscapes and traditional Tuscan character.
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B.
Angelica
Angelica is a cunning and resourceful pirate and former love interest of Jack Sparrow who plays a central role in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
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C.
Angelica
Angelica is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the meaning "angelic" or "messenger of God."
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D.
Angelica
Angelica is a central, witty, and independent heroine in William Congreve’s Restoration comedy "Love for Love."
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E.
Comino
Comino is a small, sparsely populated Maltese island in the Mediterranean Sea, best known for its clear waters and the popular Blue Lagoon.
- 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: Maria Sabina Target entity description: Maria Sabina was a Mazatec curandera and shaman from Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for her ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms and her influence on Western psychedelic culture.
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A.
Crespina Lorenzana
Crespina Lorenzana is a municipality in the Tuscany region of central Italy, known for its rural landscapes and traditional Tuscan character.
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B.
Angelica
Angelica is a cunning and resourceful pirate and former love interest of Jack Sparrow who plays a central role in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
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C.
Angelica
Angelica is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the meaning "angelic" or "messenger of God."
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D.
Angelica
Angelica is a central, witty, and independent heroine in William Congreve’s Restoration comedy "Love for Love."
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E.
Comino
Comino is a small, sparsely populated Maltese island in the Mediterranean Sea, best known for its clear waters and the popular Blue Lagoon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mazatec person
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curandera ⓘ human ⓘ shaman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Huautla de Jiménez mushroom ceremonies
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R. Gordon Wasson ⓘ entheogenic practices ⓘ psychedelic movement of the 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Mazatec indigenous tradition ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | popularization of the term “magic mushrooms” in the West ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mazatec people ⓘ |
| familyName | Sabina ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| healingMethod |
diagnostic visions
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ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms in ritual context ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western understanding of psilocybin
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ethnomycology ⓘ |
| inspired |
Western psychedelic researchers
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counterculture figures in the 1960s ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Mazatec language
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linked to:
Mazatec languages
Spanish ⓘ |
| legacy |
icon of psychedelic spirituality
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symbol of indigenous knowledge about entheogens ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oaxaca
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Sierra Mazateca ⓘ |
| name | Maria Sabina ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms
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influence on Western psychedelic culture ⓘ |
| occupation |
curandera
ⓘ
healer ⓘ shaman ⓘ |
| performed | velada ceremonies ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico ⓘ |
| region |
Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Sierra Mazateca
|
| religiousConcept | communication with divine through mushrooms ⓘ |
| religiousElement | use of sacred chants in ceremonies ⓘ |
| religiousPractice | Mazatec shamanism ⓘ |
| ritualLanguage | Mazatec ritual poetry ⓘ |
| spiritualRole | mushroom priestess ⓘ |
| subjectOf | R. Gordon Wasson’s Life magazine article on magic mushrooms ⓘ |
| usedSubstance |
Psilocybe mexicana
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psilocybin mushrooms ⓘ |
| viewedMushroomsAs |
sacred medicine
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“holy children” ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Sabina Description of subject: Maria Sabina was a Mazatec curandera and shaman from Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned for her ceremonial use of psilocybin mushrooms and her influence on Western psychedelic culture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.