The Lives of the Mayfair Witches

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gothic horror-fantasy series novel series

The Lives of the Mayfair Witches is a gothic horror-fantasy series by Anne Rice that follows a powerful family of witches and their centuries-long entanglement with a mysterious spirit.

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Label	Occurrences
Lives of the Mayfair Witches	4
Mayfair Witches	4
Mayfair Witches: The Witching Hour	1
The Lives of the Mayfair Witches canonical	1
history of the Mayfair witches	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8361768 — 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: The Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Context triple: [Anne Rice, notableWork, The Lives of the Mayfair Witches]

A. Witches Abroad
Witches Abroad is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, following the Lancre witches as they travel abroad to thwart a manipulative fairy godmother and disrupt predestined stories.
B. The Passionate Witch
The Passionate Witch is a 1941 comic fantasy novel by Thorne Smith (completed posthumously by Norman H. Matson) about a mischievous witch whose romantic entanglements with a mortal man inspired the classic film "I Married a Witch."
C. The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
D. Wards of Faerie
Wards of Faerie is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, launching The Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy with a quest centered on lost Elfstones and ancient magic.
E. The Coven
The Coven is a lesser-known work by American intelligence officer and author E. Howard Hunt, likely reflecting his trademark blend of espionage, intrigue, and political themes.
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: The Lives of the Mayfair Witches
Target entity description: The Lives of the Mayfair Witches is a gothic horror-fantasy series by Anne Rice that follows a powerful family of witches and their centuries-long entanglement with a mysterious spirit.

A. Witches Abroad
Witches Abroad is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, following the Lancre witches as they travel abroad to thwart a manipulative fairy godmother and disrupt predestined stories.
B. The Passionate Witch
The Passionate Witch is a 1941 comic fantasy novel by Thorne Smith (completed posthumously by Norman H. Matson) about a mischievous witch whose romantic entanglements with a mortal man inspired the classic film "I Married a Witch."
C. The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
D. Wards of Faerie
Wards of Faerie is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, launching The Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy with a quest centered on lost Elfstones and ancient magic.
E. The Coven
The Coven is a lesser-known work by American intelligence officer and author E. Howard Hunt, likely reflecting his trademark blend of espionage, intrigue, and political themes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gothic horror-fantasy series ⓘ novel series ⓘ
author	Anne Rice ⓘ
centralCharacter	Michael Curry ⓘ Rowan Mayfair ⓘ
centralSupernaturalEntity	Lasher ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
explores	heredity and destiny ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ relationships between humans and spirits ⓘ sexuality and desire ⓘ
features	mysterious spirit Lasher ⓘ powerful family of witches ⓘ
firstBookPublicationYear	1990 ⓘ
firstBookTitle	The Witching Hour ⓘ
follows	Mayfair family ⓘ
genre	fantasy fiction ⓘ gothic fiction ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ
hasPart	Lasher ⓘ Taltos ⓘ The Witching Hour ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryStyle	lush descriptive prose ⓘ
mainTheme	family saga ⓘ supernatural ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ
narrativeScope	multi-generational family history ⓘ
notableElement	blend of historical and contemporary settings ⓘ detailed family genealogy ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedWork	The Vampire Chronicles ⓘ
secondBookPublicationYear	1993 ⓘ
secondBookTitle	Lasher ⓘ
setting	New Orleans ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
sharesUniverseWith	The Vampire Chronicles ⓘ
subgenre	Southern Gothic ⓘ dark fantasy ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
thirdBookPublicationYear	1994 ⓘ
thirdBookTitle	Taltos ⓘ
timeSpan	several centuries ⓘ

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