Tāwhirimātea
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Tāwhirimātea is the Māori god of weather, storms, and winds, known for waging war against his siblings after the separation of their parents Ranginui and Papatūānuku.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tāwhirimātea canonical | 3 |
| Tāwhirimātea – winds and storms | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15712306 — 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: Tāwhirimātea Context triple: [Māori mythology, hasKeyFigure, Tāwhirimātea]
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A.
Tāne
Tāne is a major Polynesian deity, especially in Māori tradition, revered as the god of forests, birds, and the creator or shaper of humankind.
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B.
Turangi
Turangi is a small town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a gateway to Tongariro National Park and popular for trout fishing and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Māui-taha
Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
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D.
Te Pou Tupua
Te Pou Tupua is the legal guardian entity representing the Whanganui River in New Zealand, embodying its rights and interests as a living being.
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E.
Ngai
Ngai is the supreme creator god in Kikuyu and several other East African traditional belief systems, associated with the sky, rain, and Mount Kenya.
- 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: Tāwhirimātea Target entity description: Tāwhirimātea is the Māori god of weather, storms, and winds, known for waging war against his siblings after the separation of their parents Ranginui and Papatūānuku.
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A.
Tāne
Tāne is a major Polynesian deity, especially in Māori tradition, revered as the god of forests, birds, and the creator or shaper of humankind.
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B.
Turangi
Turangi is a small town in New Zealand’s central North Island, known as a gateway to Tongariro National Park and popular for trout fishing and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Māui-taha
Māui-taha is one of the lesser-known brothers of the Polynesian culture hero Māui, appearing in various Māori and Polynesian traditions.
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D.
Te Pou Tupua
Te Pou Tupua is the legal guardian entity representing the Whanganui River in New Zealand, embodying its rights and interests as a living being.
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E.
Ngai
Ngai is the supreme creator god in Kikuyu and several other East African traditional belief systems, associated with the sky, rain, and Mount Kenya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tāwhirimātea – winds and storms