Mictlantecuhtli
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Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlan, the underworld where most souls journey after death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mictlantecuhtli canonical | 8 |
| Lord of Mictlan | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907234 — 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: Mictlantecuhtli Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Mictlantecuhtli]
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A.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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B.
Xipe Totec
Xipe Totec is an important Mesoamerican deity, especially in Aztec religion, associated with agriculture, renewal, and ritual flaying symbolizing rebirth and regeneration.
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C.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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D.
Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is an Aztec moon goddess known from Mexica mythology, particularly for the myth in which she is dismembered by her brother Huitzilopochtli at the birth of the sun and war god.
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E.
Coatlicue
Coatlicue is an important Aztec earth and fertility goddess, often depicted in a skirt of serpents and associated with both creation and destruction.
- 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: Mictlantecuhtli Target entity description: Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlan, the underworld where most souls journey after death.
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A.
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca is a major Aztec deity associated with night, sorcery, conflict, and destiny, often depicted as a powerful and unpredictable god of rulership and change.
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B.
Xipe Totec
Xipe Totec is an important Mesoamerican deity, especially in Aztec religion, associated with agriculture, renewal, and ritual flaying symbolizing rebirth and regeneration.
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C.
Ahuitzotl
Ahuitzotl was a powerful Aztec tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire to its greatest extent and overseeing major building projects, including the enlargement of the Templo Mayor.
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D.
Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is an Aztec moon goddess known from Mexica mythology, particularly for the myth in which she is dismembered by her brother Huitzilopochtli at the birth of the sun and war god.
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E.
Coatlicue
Coatlicue is an important Aztec earth and fertility goddess, often depicted in a skirt of serpents and associated with both creation and destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
ⓘ
death god ⓘ |
| associatedRealm |
Mictlan
ⓘ
linked to:
underworld Mictlan
|
| associatedWith |
bats
ⓘ
bones ⓘ dogs ⓘ night ⓘ north ⓘ owls ⓘ skeletons ⓘ skulls ⓘ spiders ⓘ |
| calendarAssociation | day sign Itzcuintli (dog) in some interpretations ⓘ |
| consort | Mictecacihuatl ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | ruler of the Aztec underworld ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec culture
|
| depictedAs |
figure with blood and bones
ⓘ
figure with exposed ribs ⓘ figure with skull face ⓘ skeletal figure ⓘ |
| direction | north ⓘ |
| domain |
death
ⓘ
underworld ⓘ |
| equivalentInBroadCategory | death deities of Mesoamerican religions ⓘ |
| festivalAssociation | rituals for the dead ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
claws
ⓘ
necklace of eyeballs ⓘ paper banners ⓘ skeletal body ⓘ skull head ⓘ |
| involvedInMyth | Quetzalcoatl’s journey to Mictlan to retrieve bones of previous creations ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
guardian of the dead
ⓘ
receiver of most human souls after death ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Lord of Mictlan
ⓘ
linked to:
Mictlantecuhtli
Lord of the Underworld ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Quetzalcoatl in the myth of the creation of humans ⓘ |
| pantheon | Aztec pantheon ⓘ |
| receivesSoulsFrom | people who died of natural causes ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| residesIn |
deepest level of Mictlan
ⓘ
ninth level of the underworld ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | tries to prevent Quetzalcoatl from taking the bones ⓘ |
| rulesOver |
Mictlan
ⓘ
linked to:
underworld Mictlan
|
| spouse | Mictecacihuatl ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Mexica
ⓘ
Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Nahua
|
| worshippedIn | Central Mexico ⓘ |
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: Mictlantecuhtli Description of subject: Mictlantecuhtli is the Aztec god of death and ruler of Mictlan, the underworld where most souls journey after death.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mictlantecuhtli
subject linked to:
underworld Mictlan
subject linked to:
underworld Mictlan
subject linked to:
underworld Mictlan
linked to: Mictlantecuhtli