Amesha Spentas
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The Amesha Spentas are a group of divine emanations or holy immortals in Zoroastrianism that personify aspects of creation and assist the supreme god Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amesha Spentas canonical | 6 |
| creative energy of Ahura Mazda | 1 |
| the Seven Persons (Haft Tan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027466 — 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: Amesha Spentas Context triple: [Zoroastrianism, hasConcept, Amesha Spentas]
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A.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda is the supreme god of wisdom, light, and goodness in Zoroastrianism, revered as the creator and highest divine being.
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B.
Homa
Homa is the iconic flying crane logo and brand symbol of Iran Air, representing the airline’s national and cultural identity.
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C.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
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D.
Devas
The Devas are celestial gods in Hindu mythology who play pivotal roles in the cosmic order and divine interventions depicted throughout the Ramayana.
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E.
Ashvins
The Ashvins are twin Vedic deities associated with healing, medicine, and the dawn, revered as divine horsemen and rescuers in ancient Indian mythology.
- 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: Amesha Spentas Target entity description: The Amesha Spentas are a group of divine emanations or holy immortals in Zoroastrianism that personify aspects of creation and assist the supreme god Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order.
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A.
Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda is the supreme god of wisdom, light, and goodness in Zoroastrianism, revered as the creator and highest divine being.
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B.
Homa
Homa is the iconic flying crane logo and brand symbol of Iran Air, representing the airline’s national and cultural identity.
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C.
Council of the Gods
The Council of the Gods is a mythological assembly of deities in Luís de Camões’ epic poem *Os Lusíadas*, where the gods debate and influence the fate of the Portuguese voyages of discovery.
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D.
Devas
The Devas are celestial gods in Hindu mythology who play pivotal roles in the cosmic order and divine interventions depicted throughout the Ramayana.
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E.
Ashvins
The Ashvins are twin Vedic deities associated with healing, medicine, and the dawn, revered as divine horsemen and rescuers in ancient Indian mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zoroastrian concept
ⓘ
divine beings ⓘ emanations ⓘ holy immortals ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
asha
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ creation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ahura Mazda ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Ahura Mazda ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
protect the world from evil forces
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uphold asha (truth and order) ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | structure the Zoroastrian cosmos ⓘ |
| culticRole | focus of specific days in Zoroastrian calendar ⓘ |
| doctrineType | Zoroastrian angelic hierarchy ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole | participate in final renovation (Frashokereti) ⓘ |
| genderConcept | often treated as abstract or beyond human gender ⓘ |
| hierarchicalRelation | subordinate to Ahura Mazda ⓘ |
| iconography | typically represented symbolically rather than anthropomorphically ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later Zoroastrian angelology ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Avestan language
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surface form:
Avestan
|
| meaningOfName | Bounteous Immortals ⓘ |
| member |
Ameretat
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Asha Vahishta ⓘ Haurvatat ⓘ Khshathra Vairya ⓘ Spenta Armaiti ⓘ Vohu Manah ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | good ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 7 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | daevas ⓘ |
| personify |
aspects of creation
ⓘ
moral and spiritual qualities ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| role |
assist Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order
ⓘ
guardians of creation ⓘ |
| scripturalSection |
Avesta
ⓘ
surface form:
Gathas
|
| scripturalSource | Avesta ⓘ |
| theologicalStatus |
emanations of Ahura Mazda
ⓘ
not independent gods ⓘ |
| tradition |
Zoroastrianism
ⓘ
surface form:
Mazdayasna
|
| veneratedBy | Zoroastrians ⓘ |
| worshipContext | invoked in Zoroastrian prayers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Amesha Spentas Description of subject: The Amesha Spentas are a group of divine emanations or holy immortals in Zoroastrianism that personify aspects of creation and assist the supreme god Ahura Mazda in maintaining cosmic order.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Seven Persons (Haft Tan)
this entity surface form:
creative energy of Ahura Mazda