Mawu-Lisa
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Mawu-Lisa is the dual, complementary creator deity of the Fon and Ewe Vodun tradition, embodying both female (Mawu) and male (Lisa) aspects of the supreme god.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mawu-Lisa canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7415286 — 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: Mawu-Lisa Context triple: [Vodun, hasSupremeBeingName, Mawu-Lisa]
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A.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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B.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
- 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: Mawu-Lisa Target entity description: Mawu-Lisa is the dual, complementary creator deity of the Fon and Ewe Vodun tradition, embodying both female (Mawu) and male (Lisa) aspects of the supreme god.
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A.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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B.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
androgynous deity
ⓘ
deity ⓘ dual deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
day
ⓘ
moon ⓘ night ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| attribute |
balance
ⓘ
complementarity ⓘ cosmic harmony ⓘ fertility ⓘ |
| conceptualForm |
divine pair
ⓘ
single supreme deity ⓘ |
| cosmicFunction |
creation
ⓘ
order of the world ⓘ |
| culture |
Ewe people
ⓘ
linked to:
Ewe
Fon people ⓘ |
| equatedWith |
Lisa
ⓘ
Mawu ⓘ |
| genderAspect |
female
ⓘ
male ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lisa
ⓘ
Mawu ⓘ |
| immanence | immanent in creation ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Ewe
ⓘ
Fon ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
parent of other deities
ⓘ
source of life ⓘ |
| region |
Dahomey
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Dahomey
West Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Vodun ⓘ |
| religiousSystem | West African traditional religion ⓘ |
| role |
creator of the universe
ⓘ
supreme god ⓘ |
| transcendence | transcendent ⓘ |
| typeOfDuality |
male-female
ⓘ
sun-moon ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
giver of blessings
ⓘ
source of moral order ⓘ |
| worshipTradition |
Ewe Vodun
ⓘ
linked to:
Vodun
Fon Vodun ⓘ
linked to:
Vodun
|
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: Mawu-Lisa Description of subject: Mawu-Lisa is the dual, complementary creator deity of the Fon and Ewe Vodun tradition, embodying both female (Mawu) and male (Lisa) aspects of the supreme god.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.