Tezcatlipoca
E108046
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tezcatlipoca canonical | 34 |
| Red Tezcatlipoca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869307 — 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: Tezcatlipoca Context triple: [Aztec Empire, pantheonIncludes, Tezcatlipoca]
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec god of the sun and war, revered as the patron deity of Tenochtitlan and central to Mexica state religion and ritual sacrifice.
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C.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
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D.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
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E.
Itzcoatl
Itzcoatl was a 15th-century Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the power of Tenochtitlan and helped lay the foundations of the Aztec Empire.
- 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: Tezcatlipoca Target entity description: Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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A.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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B.
Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli is the Aztec god of the sun and war, revered as the patron deity of Tenochtitlan and central to Mexica state religion and ritual sacrifice.
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C.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
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D.
Tlaloc
Tlaloc is the ancient Mesoamerican rain and storm god, especially revered by the Aztecs as a powerful bringer of fertility and destructive floods.
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E.
Itzcoatl
Itzcoatl was a 15th-century Aztec ruler who significantly expanded the power of Tenochtitlan and helped lay the foundations of the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
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Mesoamerican deity ⓘ |
| animalForm | jaguar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
change
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conflict ⓘ destiny ⓘ jaguars ⓘ kingship ⓘ mirrors ⓘ night ⓘ obsidian ⓘ rulership ⓘ sorcery ⓘ the night sky ⓘ war ⓘ |
| colorAssociation | black ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec Empire
|
| depictedWith |
black and yellow facial paint
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missing foot ⓘ obsidian mirror in place of a foot ⓘ |
| epithet |
Enemy of Both Sides
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He by Whom We Live ⓘ Lord of the Night Sky ⓘ Smoking Mirror ⓘ |
| festival | Toxcatl ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influences |
human destiny
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royal power ⓘ warfare outcomes ⓘ |
| memberOf | four Tezcatlipocas ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Aztec creation myths ⓘ |
| mythRole | destroyer of previous suns (world ages) ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Quetzalcoatl in some myths ⓘ |
| region | Central Mexico ⓘ |
| religion |
Aztec religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| role |
creator god
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god of fate ⓘ god of sorcery ⓘ god of the night ⓘ patron of rulers ⓘ trickster deity ⓘ |
| sibling |
Huitzilopochtli
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Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Xipe Totec ⓘ |
| symbol |
obsidian mirror
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smoke ⓘ striped face ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Tenochtitlan
ⓘ
Texcoco ⓘ |
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: Tezcatlipoca Description of subject: Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.