Xibalba
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Xibalba is a powerful, skeletal ruler of the Land of the Forgotten in the animated film *The Book of Life*, known for his trickster nature and complex, romantic rivalry with La Muerte.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xibalba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14708689 — 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: Xibalba Context triple: [The Book of Life, character, Xibalba]
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A.
underworld Mictlan
Underworld Mictlan is the Aztec realm of the dead, a vast and often grim afterlife domain ruled by the god Mictlantecuhtli and his consort Mictecacihuatl.
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B.
Tartaro
Tartaro is a river in northern Italy that flows through the Veneto and Lombardy regions before joining the Mincio.
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C.
Tepezalá
Tepezalá is a small municipality and town in the northern part of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, known for its rural character and mining history.
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D.
Mictlantecuhtli
Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlan, the underworld where most souls journey after death.
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E.
Duat
Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
- 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: Xibalba Target entity description: Xibalba is a powerful, skeletal ruler of the Land of the Forgotten in the animated film *The Book of Life*, known for his trickster nature and complex, romantic rivalry with La Muerte.
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A.
underworld Mictlan
Underworld Mictlan is the Aztec realm of the dead, a vast and often grim afterlife domain ruled by the god Mictlantecuhtli and his consort Mictecacihuatl.
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B.
Tartaro
Tartaro is a river in northern Italy that flows through the Veneto and Lombardy regions before joining the Mincio.
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C.
Tepezalá
Tepezalá is a small municipality and town in the northern part of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, known for its rural character and mining history.
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D.
Mictlantecuhtli
Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlan, the underworld where most souls journey after death.
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E.
Duat
Duat is the ancient Egyptian underworld and realm of the dead, overseen by Osiris and traversed by souls in their journey after death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.