Xolotl
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Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xolotl canonical | 2 |
| Xolotl (axolotl form) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907236 — 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: Xolotl Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Xolotl]
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A.
Guabiraba
Guabiraba is a neighborhood and administrative district located in the northern part of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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B.
Moxeño
Moxeño is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Moxeño people of Bolivia’s Beni region.
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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.
Kykotsmovi
Kykotsmovi is a Hopi village and census-designated place located on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
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E.
Tonatiuh
Tonatiuh is the Aztec sun god, central to their cosmology and warfare ideology, often associated with sacrifice and the valor of elite warriors.
- 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: Xolotl Target entity description: Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
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A.
Guabiraba
Guabiraba is a neighborhood and administrative district located in the northern part of Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
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B.
Moxeño
Moxeño is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Moxeño people of Bolivia’s Beni region.
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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.
Kykotsmovi
Kykotsmovi is a Hopi village and census-designated place located on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
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E.
Tonatiuh
Tonatiuh is the Aztec sun god, central to their cosmology and warfare ideology, often associated with sacrifice and the valor of elite warriors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
ⓘ
death deity ⓘ lightning deity ⓘ underworld deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Codex Borbonicus
ⓘ
Codex Borgia ⓘ Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| aspectOf | Venus as evening star ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Venus
ⓘ
death ⓘ deformity ⓘ dogs ⓘ fire ⓘ illness ⓘ lightning ⓘ monsters ⓘ shapeshifting ⓘ sorcery ⓘ transformation ⓘ twins ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec culture
|
| depictedAs |
dog-headed god
ⓘ
dog-like monster ⓘ skeleton ⓘ |
| domain | evening star ⓘ |
| etymology | name related to Nahuatl word for dog ⓘ |
| guidesTo |
Mictlan
ⓘ
linked to:
underworld Mictlan
|
| knownFor |
guiding the dead through the nine levels of Mictlan
ⓘ
refusing to be sacrificed in the creation of the Fifth Sun ⓘ |
| memberOfPantheon |
Aztec pantheon
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| mythologicalCycle |
Aztec creation myths
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| parent |
Quetzalcoatl
ⓘ
Xolotl (axolotl form) ⓘ
linked to:
Xolotl
|
| relativeOf |
Tezcatlipoca
ⓘ
Tlaloc ⓘ |
| role |
guide of souls to the underworld
ⓘ
psychopomp ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Quetzalcoatl ⓘ |
| symbol |
dog
ⓘ
fire drill ⓘ lightning ⓘ |
| transformsInto |
axolotl
ⓘ
linked to:
Ambystoma mexicanum
maguey plant ⓘ maize plant ⓘ |
| twinOf | Quetzalcoatl ⓘ |
| 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: Xolotl Description of subject: Xolotl is an Aztec deity associated with lightning, death, and transformation, often depicted as a dog-headed god who guides souls to the underworld and serves as the twin of the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Xoloitzcuintle dog breed