Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
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Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6907243 — 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: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Context triple: [Aztec mythology, hasCentralDeity, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli]
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A.
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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B.
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is the Aztec god of fire, time, and the hearth, revered as a primordial creator and source of life-giving warmth and energy.
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C.
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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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.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
- 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: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Target entity description: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
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A.
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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B.
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is the Aztec god of fire, time, and the hearth, revered as a primordial creator and source of life-giving warmth and energy.
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C.
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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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.
Xochicueyetl
Xochicueyetl was a noblewoman of the Aztec elite best known as the mother of the emperor Moctezuma II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aztec deity
ⓘ
Mesoamerican deity ⓘ |
| appearsInSource |
Codex Borbonicus
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Codex Borgia ⓘ Florentine Codex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Quetzalcoatl
ⓘ
Tonatiuh ⓘ Venus ⓘ Xiuhtecuhtli ⓘ celestial power ⓘ dawn ⓘ destructive power ⓘ divination ⓘ illness ⓘ light ⓘ misfortune ⓘ morning star ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| calendarAssociation | Venus cycles ⓘ |
| celestialBody | planet Venus ⓘ |
| consequenceOfMythologicalEvent | transformation into Itztlacoliuhqui ⓘ |
| culture |
Aztec
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec culture
|
| depictedAs | warrior with darts ⓘ |
| directionAssociation | east ⓘ |
| domain |
astral phenomena
ⓘ
sky ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| iconographicElement |
headdress with star symbols
ⓘ
starry eye markings ⓘ |
| influence |
agricultural cycles
ⓘ
omens ⓘ war outcomes ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Nahuatl ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent | attempt to shoot the sun with darts ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Lord of the House of Dawn ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
sun god Tonatiuh
ⓘ
linked to:
Tonatiuh
|
| pantheon | Aztec pantheon ⓘ |
| relatedDeity | Itztlacoliuhqui ⓘ |
| religion |
Aztec religion
ⓘ
linked to:
Aztec mythology
|
| role |
bearer of destructive celestial rays
ⓘ
bringer of light ⓘ harbinger of dawn ⓘ personification of the morning star ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity |
astral deity
ⓘ
star god ⓘ |
| weapon | darts ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Aztecs
ⓘ
linked to:
Mexica
|
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: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Description of subject: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with the morning star (Venus), often linked to dawn, light, and sometimes destructive celestial power.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.