Morrígan
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Morrígan is a prominent goddess in Celtic mythology associated with war, fate, and sovereignty, often depicted as a shape-shifter linked to crows and battlefield prophecy.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morrígan canonical | 7 |
| The Morrígan | 3 |
| Morrigan | 2 |
| Badb | 1 |
| Morrígu | 1 |
| Mórrígan | 1 |
| The Morrigan | 1 |
| The Morrigan in Lost Girl | 1 |
| goddess Macha | 1 |
| horse aspect of the Morrígan | 1 |
| the Morrígan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7591957 — 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: Morrígan Context triple: [Celtic mythology, hasDeity, Morrígan]
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A.
Morrigan
Morrigan is a sharp-tongued, morally ambiguous witch from the Dragon Age video game series, known for her shape-shifting abilities and complex relationship with the player character.
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B.
Queen Maeve
Queen Maeve is a powerful, Wonder Woman–like superheroine in the TV series "The Boys," known for her super strength, disillusionment with her corporate-controlled team, and complex moral struggle.
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C.
Boann
Boann is a goddess in Irish mythology associated with the River Boyne, often linked to inspiration, knowledge, and the Otherworld.
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D.
Ó Cuinn
Ó Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name Quinn.
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E.
Sophie Lanfear
Sophie Lanfear is a wildlife filmmaker and television producer best known for her work on high-profile nature documentaries such as the series "Our Planet."
- 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: Morrígan Target entity description: Morrígan is a prominent goddess in Celtic mythology associated with war, fate, and sovereignty, often depicted as a shape-shifter linked to crows and battlefield prophecy.
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A.
Morrigan
Morrigan is a sharp-tongued, morally ambiguous witch from the Dragon Age video game series, known for her shape-shifting abilities and complex relationship with the player character.
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B.
Queen Maeve
Queen Maeve is a powerful, Wonder Woman–like superheroine in the TV series "The Boys," known for her super strength, disillusionment with her corporate-controlled team, and complex moral struggle.
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C.
Boann
Boann is a goddess in Irish mythology associated with the River Boyne, often linked to inspiration, knowledge, and the Otherworld.
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D.
Ó Cuinn
Ó Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name Quinn.
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E.
Sophie Lanfear
Sophie Lanfear is a wildlife filmmaker and television producer best known for her work on high-profile nature documentaries such as the series "Our Planet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Irish mythology
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Morrígu
ⓘ
linked to:
Morrígan
Mórrígan ⓘ
linked to:
Morrígan
|
| appearsIn | Táin Bó Cúailnge ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cú Chulainn
ⓘ
battle frenzy ⓘ battlefield ⓘ bloodshed ⓘ crows ⓘ fate ⓘ kingship ⓘ land sovereignty ⓘ omens of death ⓘ prophecy ⓘ ravens ⓘ shrieking on the battlefield ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ terror of battle ⓘ war ⓘ washer at the ford ⓘ |
| canTakeFormOf |
crow
ⓘ
eel ⓘ heifer ⓘ old hag ⓘ wolf ⓘ young woman ⓘ |
| culture |
Celtic mythology
ⓘ
Irish mythology ⓘ |
| domain |
death in battle
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magic ⓘ prophetic vision ⓘ warfare ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAbility | shape-shifting ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
Badb
ⓘ
linked to:
Morrígan
Macha ⓘ Nemain ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Tuatha Dé Danann ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
great queen
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phantom queen ⓘ |
| role |
chooser of the slain
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instigator of conflict ⓘ protector of sovereignty ⓘ |
| sometimesConsidered | triple goddess ⓘ |
| symbol |
crow
ⓘ
hooded crow ⓘ raven ⓘ |
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: Morrígan Description of subject: Morrígan is a prominent goddess in Celtic mythology associated with war, fate, and sovereignty, often depicted as a shape-shifter linked to crows and battlefield prophecy.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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