Ryūjin
E503665
Ryūjin is a dragon kami (deity) in Japanese mythology who rules over the sea and its creatures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ryūjin canonical | 2 |
| East Sea Dragon King | 1 |
| Kinryū | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5207436 — 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: Ryūjin Context triple: [Ugayafukiaezu, maternalGrandfather, Ryūjin]
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A.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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B.
Tenryu
Tenryu is the original name of Japan's famed Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team.
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C.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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D.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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E.
Tsu
Tsu is a coastal city in central Japan that serves as the administrative and economic center of Mie Prefecture.
- 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: Ryūjin Target entity description: Ryūjin is a dragon kami (deity) in Japanese mythology who rules over the sea and its creatures.
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A.
Kawaiisu
Kawaiisu is a Native American people and their Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken in the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California.
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B.
Tenryu
Tenryu is the original name of Japan's famed Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team.
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C.
Sonamura
Sonamura is a town in the Indian state of Tripura, known as an administrative and commercial center near the India–Bangladesh border.
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D.
Masaru
Masaru is a Japanese given name commonly used for males and borne by various notable figures in fields such as technology, sports, and entertainment.
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E.
Tsu
Tsu is a coastal city in central Japan that serves as the administrative and economic center of Mie Prefecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dragon deity
ⓘ
kami ⓘ mythological character ⓘ sea god ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal |
dragon
ⓘ
sea turtle ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ rain ⓘ storms ⓘ tides ⓘ |
| child |
Tamayori-hime
ⓘ
Toyotama-hime ⓘ |
| controls |
jewels of the tide
ⓘ
kanju ⓘ manju ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
a giant dragon
ⓘ
an old man with a beard ⓘ |
| domain |
oceans
ⓘ
sea ⓘ water ⓘ |
| featureIn |
Japanese folktales
ⓘ
Shinto mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Shinto
Urashima Tarō ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasShrine |
Ryūjin Shrine
ⓘ
various coastal shrines in Japan ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Dragon King
ⓘ
Sea Dragon God ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
dragon god
ⓘ
dragon kami ⓘ |
| power |
to control the ebb and flow of the tides
ⓘ
to control the weather at sea ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| residence |
Ryūgū-jō
ⓘ
undersea palace ⓘ |
| rulesOver |
dragons
ⓘ
fish ⓘ sea creatures ⓘ |
| spouse | Toyotama-hime ⓘ |
| symbol |
dragon
ⓘ
sea serpent ⓘ |
| worshipedBy |
coastal communities
ⓘ
fishermen ⓘ seafarers ⓘ |
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: Ryūjin Description of subject: Ryūjin is a dragon kami (deity) in Japanese mythology who rules over the sea and its creatures.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ryūjin