Macha
E415499
figure in Irish mythology
goddess
horse goddess
member of triple goddess
sovereignty goddess
war goddess
Macha is a figure from Irish mythology, often associated with sovereignty, war, and horses, and is one of the aspects of the triple goddess Morrígan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macha canonical | 4 |
| Macha (figure in Irish mythology) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4118905 — 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: Macha Context triple: [Mach, hasVariant, Macha]
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A.
Miaja
Miaja is a Spanish surname most notably associated with General José Miaja, a key Republican military leader during the Spanish Civil War.
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B.
Marahuté
Marahuté is a majestic golden eagle from Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under," known for her enormous size, gentle nature, and role as a rare and endangered creature the heroes strive to protect.
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C.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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D.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- 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: Macha Target entity description: Macha is a figure from Irish mythology, often associated with sovereignty, war, and horses, and is one of the aspects of the triple goddess Morrígan.
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A.
Miaja
Miaja is a Spanish surname most notably associated with General José Miaja, a key Republican military leader during the Spanish Civil War.
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B.
Marahuté
Marahuté is a majestic golden eagle from Disney's animated film "The Rescuers Down Under," known for her enormous size, gentle nature, and role as a rare and endangered creature the heroes strive to protect.
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C.
Marichi
Marichi is a revered Vedic sage (one of the Saptarishi) regarded as a mind-born son of Brahma and an important progenitor in Hindu cosmology.
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D.
Chimariko
Chimariko is an extinct Native American language once spoken by the Chimariko people in northwestern California.
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E.
Machimura
Machimura is a Japanese surname most notably associated with Nobutaka Machimura, a prominent Liberal Democratic Party politician and former foreign minister of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Irish mythology
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ horse goddess ⓘ member of triple goddess ⓘ sovereignty goddess ⓘ war goddess ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Irish mythological tales
ⓘ
Ulster Cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Emain Macha
ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ battle ⓘ horses ⓘ kingship ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ war ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| culture |
Celtic
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the aspects of the Morrígan
ⓘ
one of the three Morrígna ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Morrígan
ⓘ
surface form:
horse aspect of the Morrígan
sovereignty aspect of the Morrígan ⓘ war aspect of the Morrígan ⓘ |
| hasCounterpart | Morrígan ⓘ |
| hasEpithet |
Queen Medb
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surface form:
Macha of Ulster
Macha of the horses ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition |
Middle Irish
ⓘ
Old Irish ⓘ |
| mythology | Irish mythology ⓘ |
| partOf | Morrígan ⓘ |
| realm | Otherworld ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
embodiment of the sovereignty of Ulster
ⓘ
protector of the land ⓘ |
| symbol |
battlefield
ⓘ
crow ⓘ horse ⓘ |
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: Macha Description of subject: Macha is a figure from Irish mythology, often associated with sovereignty, war, and horses, and is one of the aspects of the triple goddess Morrígan.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macha (figure in Irish mythology)