Ceto
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Ceto is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology associated with the dangers and monstrous creatures of the ocean.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ceto canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364007 — 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: Ceto Context triple: [Scylla, parent, Ceto]
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A.
Amphithea
Amphithea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Anticlea, who in turn is the mother of Odysseus.
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B.
Amphitrite
Amphitrite is a sea goddess in Greek mythology, often regarded as the queen of the sea and a leader of the Nereids.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Aeno
Aeno refers to the Eno people, an Indigenous group historically associated with the southeastern region of what is now the United States.
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E.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
- 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: Ceto Target entity description: Ceto is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology associated with the dangers and monstrous creatures of the ocean.
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A.
Amphithea
Amphithea is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Anticlea, who in turn is the mother of Odysseus.
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B.
Amphitrite
Amphitrite is a sea goddess in Greek mythology, often regarded as the queen of the sea and a leader of the Nereids.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Aeno
Aeno refers to the Eno people, an Indigenous group historically associated with the southeastern region of what is now the United States.
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E.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
ⓘ
primordial deity ⓘ sea goddess ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Phorcydes (children of Phorcys and Ceto)
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dangers of the ocean ⓘ marine creatures ⓘ sea monsters ⓘ |
| category |
Greek goddesses
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Greek primordial deities ⓘ Greek sea deities ⓘ |
| consort | Phorcys ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain | sea ⓘ |
| epithet |
goddess of sea monsters
ⓘ
goddess of the dangers of the sea ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later conceptions of sea monsters in classical literature ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | primordial deities ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | personification of the perils of the sea ⓘ |
| nameInGreek |
Κητώ
ⓘ
linked to:
Phorcys
|
| nameVariant |
Keto
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linked to:
Atkins
|
| oftenGroupedWith | Phorcys and their monstrous offspring ⓘ |
| origin | primordial sea ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Echidna
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Gorgons ⓘ Graeae ⓘ Ladon ⓘ Phorcys ⓘ Scylla ⓘ Thoa ⓘ various sea monsters ⓘ |
| relative |
Gaia
ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ |
| symbol |
monstrous aspects of the sea
ⓘ
perilous sea creatures ⓘ |
| worshipType | chthonic or primordial cult associations ⓘ |
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: Ceto Description of subject: Ceto is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology associated with the dangers and monstrous creatures of the ocean.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.