Járnsaxa
E292270
Járnsaxa is a jötunn (giantess) from Norse mythology, often associated with the storm god Thor and sometimes named as the mother of his son Magni.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Járnsaxa canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2722759 — 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: Járnsaxa Context triple: [Thor, lover, Járnsaxa]
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A.
Edda
Edda is an Italian given name most notably borne by Edda Mussolini, the eldest daughter of dictator Benito Mussolini.
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B.
Hild
Hild is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, often considered a variant or short form of names like Hilda that are associated with battle or strength.
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C.
Midgard
Midgard is the human-inhabited world in Norse mythology, situated between the realms of gods and giants and encircled by a vast ocean.
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D.
Gutasaga
Gutasaga is a medieval Old Gutnish saga that recounts the legendary origins, history, and laws of the people of Gotland.
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E.
Valknut
The Valknut is an ancient Norse symbol of three interlocked triangles closely associated with the god Odin and themes of death, battle, and the afterlife.
- 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: Járnsaxa Target entity description: Járnsaxa is a jötunn (giantess) from Norse mythology, often associated with the storm god Thor and sometimes named as the mother of his son Magni.
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A.
Edda
Edda is an Italian given name most notably borne by Edda Mussolini, the eldest daughter of dictator Benito Mussolini.
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B.
Hild
Hild is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, often considered a variant or short form of names like Hilda that are associated with battle or strength.
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C.
Midgard
Midgard is the human-inhabited world in Norse mythology, situated between the realms of gods and giants and encircled by a vast ocean.
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D.
Gutasaga
Gutasaga is a medieval Old Gutnish saga that recounts the legendary origins, history, and laws of the people of Gotland.
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E.
Valknut
The Valknut is an ancient Norse symbol of three interlocked triangles closely associated with the god Odin and themes of death, battle, and the afterlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
giantess
ⓘ
jötunn ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsWith |
Magni
ⓘ
Thor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thor
ⓘ
storms ⓘ strength ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| cosmicContext | Norse cosmos ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Norse giants
ⓘ
Norse goddesses and giantesses ⓘ Norse god Thor ⓘ
surface form:
Thor in mythology
|
| hasChild | Magni ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Old Norse ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ |
| motherOf | Magni ⓘ |
| mythicFunction | ancestor figure through Magni ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
consort of Thor
ⓘ
mother of Magni ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | iron knife ⓘ |
| regionOfMyth | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
jötunn race
ⓘ
Aesir ⓘ
surface form:
Æsir
|
| species | jötunn ⓘ |
| spouseOrLover | Thor ⓘ |
| traditionType | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
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: Járnsaxa Description of subject: Járnsaxa is a jötunn (giantess) from Norse mythology, often associated with the storm god Thor and sometimes named as the mother of his son Magni.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.