Iduna
E369910
Iduna is a goddess in Norse mythology associated with youth and immortality, known for guarding the magical apples that keep the gods eternally young.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iduna canonical | 2 |
| Brita as Iduna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3568977 — 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: Iduna Context triple: [Idunn, nameVariant, Iduna]
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A.
Taunus
Taunus is a low mountain range in central Germany known for its forested hills, spa towns, and proximity to the Rhine-Main metropolitan region.
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B.
Neilia
Neilia was an American educator best known as the first wife of Joe Biden, who tragically died in a car accident in 1972 along with their infant daughter.
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C.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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D.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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E.
Alva
Alva is a small city in northwestern Oklahoma known as the county seat of Woods County and home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
- 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: Iduna Target entity description: Iduna is a goddess in Norse mythology associated with youth and immortality, known for guarding the magical apples that keep the gods eternally young.
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A.
Taunus
Taunus is a low mountain range in central Germany known for its forested hills, spa towns, and proximity to the Rhine-Main metropolitan region.
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B.
Neilia
Neilia was an American educator best known as the first wife of Joe Biden, who tragically died in a car accident in 1972 along with their infant daughter.
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C.
Alva
Alva is the middle name of the famed American inventor Thomas Edison, often used as part of his full name, Thomas Alva Edison.
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D.
Alva
Alva is a small town in central Scotland situated at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Clackmannanshire.
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E.
Alva
Alva is a small city in northwestern Oklahoma known as the county seat of Woods County and home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse deity
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| abductedBy | Thjazi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Idunn
ⓘ
surface form:
Idun
Idunn ⓘ
surface form:
Iðunn
|
| appearsIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bragi
ⓘ
eternal youth ⓘ immortality ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| category |
Norse goddesses
ⓘ
mythological immortality figures ⓘ |
| culture | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
basket of apples
ⓘ
tree bearing apples of youth ⓘ |
| domain |
renewal
ⓘ
vitality ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| family |
Aesir
ⓘ
surface form:
Æsir gods
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasItem |
apples of immortality
ⓘ
casket of apples ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
life-preserving
ⓘ
youthful ⓘ |
| importance | essential for maintaining the gods’ youth ⓘ |
| influenced | modern depictions of youth-giving fruit in fantasy literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
guarding apples that prevent aging
ⓘ
keeping the gods young ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| mythType | fertility and renewal deity ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central figure in the myth of her abduction by the giant Thjazi ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Aesir
ⓘ
surface form:
Æsir
|
| relatedConcept |
longevity
ⓘ
regeneration ⓘ |
| rescuedBy |
Loki
ⓘ
Children of Odin ⓘ
surface form:
the gods of Asgard
|
| residence | Asgard ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of magical apples
ⓘ
provider of youth to the gods ⓘ |
| species | goddess ⓘ |
| spouse | Bragi ⓘ |
| symbol | apples of youth ⓘ |
| worshipContext | pre-Christian Norse religion ⓘ |
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: Iduna Description of subject: Iduna is a goddess in Norse mythology associated with youth and immortality, known for guarding the magical apples that keep the gods eternally young.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brita as Iduna