Ogun
E57806
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ogun canonical | 13 |
| Ogún | 2 |
| Ogou | 1 |
| Ogum | 1 |
| Ogun (Ògún) | 1 |
| Ogún in Cuban Santería | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441448 — 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: Ogun Context triple: [Yoruba, pantheonIncludes, Ogun]
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A.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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B.
Ifa
Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
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C.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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D.
Yemoja
Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.
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E.
Oya
Oya is a powerful Yoruba orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, and the Niger River.
- 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: Ogun Target entity description: Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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A.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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B.
Ifa
Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
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C.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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D.
Yemoja
Yemoja is a major Yoruba water deity revered as a nurturing mother figure and protector associated with rivers, fertility, and the sea.
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E.
Oya
Oya is a powerful Yoruba orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, and the Niger River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba deity
ⓘ
orisha ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
blacksmithing
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ metalworking ⓘ path clearing ⓘ roads ⓘ technology ⓘ tools ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| color |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| counterpartIn |
Ogou in Haitian Vodou
ⓘ
Ogum in Brazilian Candomblé ⓘ Ogun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ogún in Cuban Santería
|
| culture | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| domain |
crafts
ⓘ
iron ⓘ metals ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
brother of Shango (in some traditions)
ⓘ
husband of Oya (in some traditions) ⓘ son of Oduduwa (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| offering |
dogs
ⓘ
palm wine ⓘ roosters ⓘ snails ⓘ |
| patronOf |
all users of metal tools
ⓘ
blacksmiths ⓘ drivers and transport workers ⓘ hunters ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Ifa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ifá
Yoruba traditional religion ⓘ |
| role |
god of craftsmanship
ⓘ
god of iron ⓘ god of war ⓘ |
| sacredDay | Wednesday ⓘ |
| sacredPlace |
forests
ⓘ
iron forges ⓘ road crossings ⓘ |
| symbol |
anvil
ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ machete ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Benin
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
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: Ogun Description of subject: Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ogún in Cuban Santería
this entity surface form:
Ogún
this entity surface form:
Ogou
this entity surface form:
Ogum
this entity surface form:
Ogun (Ògún)
this entity surface form:
Ogún
subject surface form:
Bini people