Quetzalcoatl
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Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quetzalcoatl canonical | 25 |
| Feathered Serpent | 2 |
| Quetzalcoatl (Feathered Serpent) | 2 |
| Aztec god Quetzalcoatl | 1 |
| Ehecatl | 1 |
| Feathered Serpent deity | 1 |
| Quetzalcóatl | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227267 — 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.
Target entity: Quetzalcoatl Context triple: [Mesoamerica, hasKeyDeity, Quetzalcoatl]
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A.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
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Teos
Teos was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor, known as the hometown of the lyric poet Anacreon.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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E.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quetzalcoatl Target entity description: Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
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A.
Nefertem
Nefertem is an ancient Egyptian lotus god associated with the rising sun, beauty, and healing, particularly revered in the religious traditions of Memphis.
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B.
Teos
Teos was an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor, known as the hometown of the lyric poet Anacreon.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Rarámuri
The Rarámuri, also known as the Tarahumara, are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico renowned for their exceptional long-distance running abilities and traditional way of life in the canyons and mountains of the Sierra Madre.
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E.
Muspilli
Muspilli is an Old High German eschatological poem that vividly depicts the Last Judgment and the end of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
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Mesoamerican deity ⓘ feathered serpent deity ⓘ |
| act |
brought maize to humanity
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created humans from bones of previous ages ⓘ retrieved bones from Mictlan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
creation
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fertility ⓘ kingship ⓘ knowledge ⓘ learning ⓘ morning star ⓘ planet Venus ⓘ priests ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec Empire
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surface form:
Aztec culture
Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Teotihuacan culture
Toltec civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Toltec culture
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| depiction |
feathered serpent
ⓘ
human figure with serpent attributes ⓘ |
| equivalent |
Gukumatz
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Kukulkan ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of Tezcatlipoca
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son of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl in some traditions ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Aztec mythology
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Toltec civilization ⓘ
surface form:
Toltec mythology
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| nameLanguage | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Quetzalcoatl
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Feathered Serpent
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| notableTemple | Temple of the Feathered Serpent at Teotihuacan ⓘ |
| opposedPractice | human sacrifice in some traditions ⓘ |
| religion |
Aztec religion
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Mesoamerican religion ⓘ Toltec religion ⓘ |
| role |
creator god
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culture hero ⓘ god of arts ⓘ god of crafts ⓘ god of knowledge ⓘ god of wind ⓘ lawgiver ⓘ patron of learning ⓘ patron of priests ⓘ |
| symbol |
feathered serpent
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wind jewel ⓘ |
| templeType | pyramid temple ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Cholula
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Tenochtitlan ⓘ Tula ⓘ |
| worshipRegion |
Central Mexico
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Mesoamerica ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Quetzalcoatl Description of subject: Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.