Silkie
E471646
"Silkie" is a traditional folk ballad, often associated with Celtic and British Isles folklore about shape-shifting seal-people, that has been interpreted by various folk artists including Joan Baez.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silkie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808072 — 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: Silkie Context triple: [Joan Baez, Vol. 2, hasTrack, Silkie]
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A.
Silkie
Silkie is a distinctive chicken breed known for its fluffy, silk-like plumage, black skin, and gentle temperament, often kept as an ornamental or pet bird.
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B.
Cochin Bantam
Cochin Bantam is a miniature variety of the Cochin chicken breed, known for its profuse feathering, rounded shape, and calm, ornamental nature.
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C.
Rooster
"Rooster" is a dark, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains that powerfully depicts the Vietnam War through the perspective of guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s father.
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D.
Mapletoft Poulle
Mapletoft Poulle was a Jamaican composer and musician best known for co-writing the music to Jamaica’s national anthem, "Jamaica, Land We Love."
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E.
Henne
The Henne is a river in western Germany that flows through North Rhine-Westphalia and joins the Ruhr.
- 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: Silkie Target entity description: "Silkie" is a traditional folk ballad, often associated with Celtic and British Isles folklore about shape-shifting seal-people, that has been interpreted by various folk artists including Joan Baez.
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A.
Silkie
Silkie is a distinctive chicken breed known for its fluffy, silk-like plumage, black skin, and gentle temperament, often kept as an ornamental or pet bird.
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B.
Cochin Bantam
Cochin Bantam is a miniature variety of the Cochin chicken breed, known for its profuse feathering, rounded shape, and calm, ornamental nature.
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C.
Rooster
"Rooster" is a dark, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains that powerfully depicts the Vietnam War through the perspective of guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s father.
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D.
Mapletoft Poulle
Mapletoft Poulle was a Jamaican composer and musician best known for co-writing the music to Jamaica’s national anthem, "Jamaica, Land We Love."
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E.
Henne
The Henne is a river in western Germany that flows through North Rhine-Westphalia and joins the Ruhr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
British Isles
ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Shetland Islands ⓘ
linked to:
Shetland
|
| basedOn | selkie folklore ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | oral tradition ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
a human woman
ⓘ
a selkie man ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Scottish ballad tradition ⓘ |
| featuresMythologicalCreature | selkie ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
The Great Silkie
ⓘ
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
British Isles folklore
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Celtic folklore ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk music
ⓘ
traditional ballad ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
sea and ocean
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seal-people ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| includedIn | folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motif |
child of mixed heritage
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human–otherworld marriage ⓘ prophecy of death ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | ballad ⓘ |
| performanceType | vocal music ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Joan Baez
ⓘ
various folk artists ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Joan Baez
ⓘ
multiple contemporary folk singers ⓘ |
| setting |
Sule Skerry
ⓘ
linked to:
Pentland Skerries
|
| subjectMatter |
fatal destiny
ⓘ
loss and separation ⓘ relationship between human and selkie ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPopularity | 20th-century folk revival ⓘ |
| typicalAccompaniment |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
folk instrumentation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silkie Description of subject: "Silkie" is a traditional folk ballad, often associated with Celtic and British Isles folklore about shape-shifting seal-people, that has been interpreted by various folk artists including Joan Baez.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2"