Imbolc
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Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, closely linked with the goddess Brigid and themes of purification, light, and renewal.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imbolc canonical | 7 |
| Imbolc (traditional association) | 1 |
| Imbolg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7591988 — 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: Imbolc Context triple: [Celtic mythology, associatedFestival, Imbolc]
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A.
Beltane
Beltane is a traditional Gaelic May Day festival marking the beginning of summer, historically celebrated with bonfires, fertility rites, and protective rituals for people and livestock.
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B.
Yule
Yule is a traditional midwinter festival with pagan and later Christian associations, historically celebrated around the winter solstice in Northern Europe.
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C.
Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.
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D.
Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
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E.
Mehregan
Mehregan is an ancient Iranian autumn festival celebrating friendship, justice, and the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, traditionally marked with feasts, gifts, and thanksgiving.
- 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: Imbolc Target entity description: Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, closely linked with the goddess Brigid and themes of purification, light, and renewal.
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A.
Beltane
Beltane is a traditional Gaelic May Day festival marking the beginning of summer, historically celebrated with bonfires, fertility rites, and protective rituals for people and livestock.
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B.
Yule
Yule is a traditional midwinter festival with pagan and later Christian associations, historically celebrated around the winter solstice in Northern Europe.
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C.
Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.
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D.
Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
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E.
Mehregan
Mehregan is an ancient Iranian autumn festival celebrating friendship, justice, and the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, traditionally marked with feasts, gifts, and thanksgiving.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic festival
ⓘ
pagan festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ seasonal festival ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Brigid ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
fertility
ⓘ
hearth ⓘ home ⓘ light ⓘ purification ⓘ renewal ⓘ |
| calendarType | cross-quarter day ⓘ |
| culture |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Manx ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| date |
1 February
ⓘ
2 February ⓘ |
| elementAssociated |
fire
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
| follows | Samhain ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Imbolg
ⓘ
linked to:
Imbolc
Oimelc ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Candlemas
ⓘ
Saint Brigid's Day ⓘ |
| linkedToConcept |
lambing season
ⓘ
lengthening of days ⓘ return of the sun ⓘ |
| marks | beginning of spring ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Ireland
ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
linked to:
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Celtic seasonal festivals ⓘ |
| precedes | Beltane ⓘ |
| revivedBy |
Wiccans
ⓘ
modern pagans ⓘ |
| ritual |
blessing of wells
ⓘ
lighting of candles ⓘ lighting of hearth fires ⓘ making Brigid dolls ⓘ making Brigid's crosses ⓘ spring cleaning ⓘ visiting holy wells ⓘ |
| symbol |
Brigid's cross
ⓘ
linked to:
Brigid’s cross
Brigid's doll ⓘ candles ⓘ fire ⓘ white cloth ⓘ |
| timeOfYear | early February ⓘ |
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: Imbolc Description of subject: Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, closely linked with the goddess Brigid and themes of purification, light, and renewal.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.