Aravan cult
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The Aravan cult is a South Indian religious tradition centered on the worship of the Mahabharata hero Aravan, particularly revered by transgender and third-gender communities through rituals dramatizing his marriage and sacrifice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aravan cult canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19659837 — 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: Aravan cult Context triple: [Koovagam, festivalAssociatedWith, Aravan cult]
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A.
Gozerian cult
The Gozerian cult is a fictional ancient sect devoted to worshipping and summoning the destructive deity Gozer in the Ghostbusters universe.
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B.
Umang Lai cult
The Umang Lai cult is a traditional Meitei religious practice centered on the worship of forest deities (Umang Lai) through sacred groves, rituals, and festivals in Manipur.
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C.
cult of Min
The cult of Min was an ancient Egyptian religious tradition devoted to the god Min, a deity associated primarily with fertility, male sexuality, and agricultural abundance.
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D.
cult of Elagabal
The cult of Elagabal was a Roman imperial-era solar religion centered on the worship of the Syrian sun god Elagabalus, which gained prominence in Rome under the Severan dynasty.
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E.
Harpocrates cult
The Harpocrates cult was an ancient religious tradition devoted to the Hellenized Egyptian child-god of silence and secrecy, worshipped particularly in Greco-Roman sanctuaries of Egyptian deities.
- 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: Aravan cult Target entity description: The Aravan cult is a South Indian religious tradition centered on the worship of the Mahabharata hero Aravan, particularly revered by transgender and third-gender communities through rituals dramatizing his marriage and sacrifice.
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A.
Gozerian cult
The Gozerian cult is a fictional ancient sect devoted to worshipping and summoning the destructive deity Gozer in the Ghostbusters universe.
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B.
Umang Lai cult
The Umang Lai cult is a traditional Meitei religious practice centered on the worship of forest deities (Umang Lai) through sacred groves, rituals, and festivals in Manipur.
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C.
cult of Min
The cult of Min was an ancient Egyptian religious tradition devoted to the god Min, a deity associated primarily with fertility, male sexuality, and agricultural abundance.
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D.
cult of Elagabal
The cult of Elagabal was a Roman imperial-era solar religion centered on the worship of the Syrian sun god Elagabalus, which gained prominence in Rome under the Severan dynasty.
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E.
Harpocrates cult
The Harpocrates cult was an ancient religious tradition devoted to the Hellenized Egyptian child-god of silence and secrecy, worshipped particularly in Greco-Roman sanctuaries of Egyptian deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.