The Corn King and the Spring Queen
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The Corn King and the Spring Queen is a 1931 historical fantasy novel by Naomi Mitchison that blends ancient Greek and Scythian settings with themes of religion, politics, and gender.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Corn King and the Spring Queen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4655380 — 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: The Corn King and the Spring Queen Context triple: [Naomi Mitchison, notableWork, The Corn King and the Spring Queen]
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A.
Infants of the Spring
Infants of the Spring is a satirical novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman that critiques the artistic and social life of 1920s Harlem.
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B.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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C.
A Dream of Spring
A Dream of Spring is the planned final novel in George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, intended to conclude the sprawling saga begun with A Game of Thrones.
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D.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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E.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
- 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: The Corn King and the Spring Queen Target entity description: The Corn King and the Spring Queen is a 1931 historical fantasy novel by Naomi Mitchison that blends ancient Greek and Scythian settings with themes of religion, politics, and gender.
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A.
Infants of the Spring
Infants of the Spring is a satirical novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman that critiques the artistic and social life of 1920s Harlem.
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B.
The Stork and the Plow
The Stork and the Plow is an environmental and population studies book co-authored by Anne H. Ehrlich that examines the relationship between human population growth, food production, and ecological sustainability.
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C.
A Dream of Spring
A Dream of Spring is the planned final novel in George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, intended to conclude the sprawling saga begun with A Game of Thrones.
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D.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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E.
The Sower
The Sower is a prominent bronze statue symbolizing agriculture and human labor that crowns the tower of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical fantasy novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Naomi Mitchison ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy novel
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historical fantasy ⓘ historical novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
priests
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queens ⓘ rulers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern historical fantasy ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed in later 20th century reassessments ⓘ |
| hasReissue |
Virago Modern Classics edition
ⓘ
linked to:
Virago
|
| hasSetting |
Hellenistic world
ⓘ
Scythia ⓘ ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| hasSubject |
ancient religions
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gender roles ⓘ interaction between Greek and Scythian cultures ⓘ myth and ritual ⓘ political power structures ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cultural contact
ⓘ
fertility cults ⓘ gender ⓘ politics ⓘ power and kingship ⓘ religion ⓘ ritual and sacrifice ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement | interwar British literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex portrayal of ancient religions
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exploration of female agency in antiquity ⓘ integration of anthropological ideas into fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Naomi Mitchison bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | antiquity ⓘ |
| title | The Corn King and the Spring Queen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Corn King and the Spring Queen Description of subject: The Corn King and the Spring Queen is a 1931 historical fantasy novel by Naomi Mitchison that blends ancient Greek and Scythian settings with themes of religion, politics, and gender.
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