Ōyamakui-no-kami
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Ōyamakui-no-kami is a Shinto mountain and guardian deity traditionally revered as the protective kami of Mount Hiei and the surrounding region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōyamakui-no-kami canonical | 4 |
| Ōyamakui-no-Kami | 2 |
| Oyamakui-no-kami | 1 |
| yama-no-kami | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7720738 — 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: Ōyamakui-no-kami Context triple: [Hie Shrine, dedicatedTo, Ōyamakui-no-kami]
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A.
Yashimajinumi-no-Kami
Yashimajinumi-no-Kami is a deity in Japanese mythology, traditionally regarded as a divine offspring associated with the storm god Susanoo.
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B.
Yahashira-no-Mikogami
Yahashira-no-Mikogami is a Shinto deity venerated at Yasaka Shrine, associated with protection and blessings for worshippers.
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C.
Toyouke-Ōmikami
Toyouke-Ōmikami is a major Shinto deity revered as the goddess of agriculture, industry, and food, serving as the provider of sacred offerings to the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Kami
Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Kami is a Shinto thunder deity venerated at Kyoto’s Kamigamo Shrine and regarded as a powerful protector of the city.
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E.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
- 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: Ōyamakui-no-kami Target entity description: Ōyamakui-no-kami is a Shinto mountain and guardian deity traditionally revered as the protective kami of Mount Hiei and the surrounding region.
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A.
Yashimajinumi-no-Kami
Yashimajinumi-no-Kami is a deity in Japanese mythology, traditionally regarded as a divine offspring associated with the storm god Susanoo.
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B.
Yahashira-no-Mikogami
Yahashira-no-Mikogami is a Shinto deity venerated at Yasaka Shrine, associated with protection and blessings for worshippers.
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C.
Toyouke-Ōmikami
Toyouke-Ōmikami is a major Shinto deity revered as the goddess of agriculture, industry, and food, serving as the provider of sacred offerings to the sun goddess Amaterasu.
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D.
Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Kami
Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Kami is a Shinto thunder deity venerated at Kyoto’s Kamigamo Shrine and regarded as a powerful protector of the city.
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E.
Ōkuninushi
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto kami
ⓘ
mountain deity ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
guardian of boundaries
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mountain worship ⓘ protection of land ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enryaku-ji
ⓘ
Mount Hiei ⓘ Tendai Buddhism ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese deities
ⓘ
guardian gods ⓘ mountain gods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Hiyoshi Taisha
ⓘ
Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Otsu, Shiga
|
| guardianOf |
Hiei region
ⓘ
Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
mountainous nature
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protective ⓘ tutelary ⓘ |
| hasRole | protector of Enryaku-ji ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | kami ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| regionalAssociation |
Kansai region
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Shiga Prefecture ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| syncretizedAs | Sannō Gongen ⓘ |
| worshipedAt |
Hiyoshi Taisha
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Sannō shrines ⓘ |
| worshipers |
Tendai monks of Enryaku-ji
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local communities around Mount Hiei ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | Shinto-Buddhist syncretism ⓘ |
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: Ōyamakui-no-kami Description of subject: Ōyamakui-no-kami is a Shinto mountain and guardian deity traditionally revered as the protective kami of Mount Hiei and the surrounding region.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ōyamakui-no-kami
linked to: Ōyamakui-no-kami
linked to: Ōyamakui-no-kami
linked to: Ōyamakui-no-kami
subject linked to:
Matsunoo Taisha Shrine
subject linked to:
Matsunoo Taisha Shrine