Ometeotl
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Ometeotl is the dual, primordial creator deity in Aztec religion, embodying both male and female aspects and the source of all existence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ometecuhtli | 2 |
| Ometeotl canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907246 — 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: Ometeotl Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Ometeotl]
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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.
Opothleyahola
Opothleyahola was a prominent 19th-century Muscogee (Creek) leader known for resisting forced removal and later supporting the Union during the American Civil War.
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D.
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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E.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
- 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: Ometeotl Target entity description: Ometeotl is the dual, primordial creator deity in Aztec religion, embodying both male and female aspects and the source of all existence.
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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.
Opothleyahola
Opothleyahola was a prominent 19th-century Muscogee (Creek) leader known for resisting forced removal and later supporting the Union during the American Civil War.
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D.
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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E.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl is a major Mesoamerican deity often depicted as a feathered serpent and associated with wind, learning, and creation in cultures such as the Aztec and Toltec.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
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dual deity ⓘ primordial deity ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cosmic balance
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duality ⓘ primordial energy ⓘ unity of opposites ⓘ |
| civilization |
Mexica
ⓘ
Nahua ⓘ |
| conceptualType |
abstract deity
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philosophical deity ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
origin of the universe
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primordial creator ⓘ |
| cosmicLocation | thirteenth heaven ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
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linked to:
Aztec culture
|
| duality | male and female ⓘ |
| genderAspect |
female
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male ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Omecihuatl
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Ometecuhtli ⓘ
linked to:
Ometeotl
|
| influenceOn |
Aztec cosmology
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Aztec metaphysics ⓘ Aztec theology ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
origin of creation cycle
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parent of other deities ⓘ |
| nameComponent |
ome
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teotl ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Two-God ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Huitzilopochtli
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Quetzalcoatl ⓘ Tezcatlipoca ⓘ Xipe Totec ⓘ various creator gods ⓘ |
| religion | Aztec religion ⓘ |
| residence |
Omeyocan
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the highest heaven ⓘ |
| role |
source of all existence
ⓘ
source of all gods ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
creative principle
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origin of life ⓘ union of masculine and feminine ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Postclassic Mesoamerica
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linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
|
| worshipRegion | 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: Ometeotl Description of subject: Ometeotl is the dual, primordial creator deity in Aztec religion, embodying both male and female aspects and the source of all existence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ometeotl