Tanngnjóstr
E292273
Tanngnjóstr is one of Thor’s two mythic goats in Norse mythology, known for pulling his chariot and being repeatedly slaughtered and resurrected.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanngnjóstr canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2722765 — 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: Tanngnjóstr Context triple: [Thor, chariotPulledBy, Tanngnjóstr]
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A.
Stetind
Stetind is a distinctive, obelisk-shaped granite mountain in Nordland, Norway, often called Norway’s national mountain and renowned among climbers and photographers.
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B.
Snaefell
Snaefell is a prominent mountain on the Isle of Man known for its panoramic views, from which it is said you can see six kingdoms on a clear day.
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C.
Reykvíkingur
Reykvíkingur is the Icelandic term for a resident or native of Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland.
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D.
Hvannadalshnúkur
Hvannadalshnúkur is a prominent glaciated stratovolcano peak in southeast Iceland and the country’s highest mountain.
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E.
Fløya
Fløya is a Norwegian women's football club based in Tromsø that competes in the country's league system.
- 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: Tanngnjóstr Target entity description: Tanngnjóstr is one of Thor’s two mythic goats in Norse mythology, known for pulling his chariot and being repeatedly slaughtered and resurrected.
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A.
Stetind
Stetind is a distinctive, obelisk-shaped granite mountain in Nordland, Norway, often called Norway’s national mountain and renowned among climbers and photographers.
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B.
Snaefell
Snaefell is a prominent mountain on the Isle of Man known for its panoramic views, from which it is said you can see six kingdoms on a clear day.
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C.
Reykvíkingur
Reykvíkingur is the Icelandic term for a resident or native of Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland.
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D.
Hvannadalshnúkur
Hvannadalshnúkur is a prominent glaciated stratovolcano peak in southeast Iceland and the country’s highest mountain.
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E.
Fløya
Fløya is a Norwegian women's football club based in Tromsø that competes in the country's league system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thor’s goat
ⓘ
creature in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological goat ⓘ |
| ability |
can be slaughtered and resurrected
ⓘ
provides meat for Thor and his companions ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mjolnir
ⓘ
surface form:
Mjölnir
Thor ⓘ Thor’s chariot ⓘ |
| category |
Mythological goats
ⓘ
Norse legendary creatures ⓘ |
| conditionForResurrection | bones must remain unbroken ⓘ |
| culture |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| diet | mythic fodder ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | teeth-grinder ⓘ |
| owner | Thor ⓘ |
| partner | Tanngrisnir ⓘ |
| pulls | Thor’s wagon ⓘ |
| pullsChariotOf | Thor ⓘ |
| realmAssociatedWith | Asgard ⓘ |
| resurrectionBy | Thor ⓘ |
| species | goat ⓘ |
| symbolism |
renewal
ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ sustenance for the gods ⓘ |
| transportRole | draws Thor’s chariot across sky ⓘ |
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: Tanngnjóstr Description of subject: Tanngnjóstr is one of Thor’s two mythic goats in Norse mythology, known for pulling his chariot and being repeatedly slaughtered and resurrected.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Thor