Margaret Murray
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Margaret Murray was a British Egyptologist and folklorist whose controversial theories about a surviving pre-Christian European witch-cult later influenced the development of modern Wicca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Murray canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504072 — 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: Margaret Murray Context triple: [Gerald Gardner, influencedBy, Margaret Murray]
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A.
Margaret James Murray
Margaret James Murray was an educator and civil rights advocate who co-founded and helped lead Tuskegee Institute alongside her husband, Booker T. Washington.
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B.
Helen Minerva Wardner
Helen Minerva Wardner was the wife of prominent American lawyer and statesman William M. Evarts, who served as U.S. Secretary of State and Attorney General in the 19th century.
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C.
Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison was a pioneering British classical scholar and one of the founders of modern studies of Greek religion and mythology.
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D.
Dion Fortune
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, author, and ceremonial magician known for her influential writings on Western esotericism, psychic self-defense, and the modern revival of mystical Qabalah.
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E.
Delia Bacon
Delia Bacon was a 19th-century American writer and lecturer best known for pioneering the theory that Shakespeare's plays were authored by a group of contemporary intellectuals rather than William Shakespeare himself.
- 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: Margaret Murray Target entity description: Margaret Murray was a British Egyptologist and folklorist whose controversial theories about a surviving pre-Christian European witch-cult later influenced the development of modern Wicca.
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A.
Margaret James Murray
Margaret James Murray was an educator and civil rights advocate who co-founded and helped lead Tuskegee Institute alongside her husband, Booker T. Washington.
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B.
Helen Minerva Wardner
Helen Minerva Wardner was the wife of prominent American lawyer and statesman William M. Evarts, who served as U.S. Secretary of State and Attorney General in the 19th century.
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C.
Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison was a pioneering British classical scholar and one of the founders of modern studies of Greek religion and mythology.
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D.
Dion Fortune
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, author, and ceremonial magician known for her influential writings on Western esotericism, psychic self-defense, and the modern revival of mystical Qabalah.
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E.
Delia Bacon
Delia Bacon was a 19th-century American writer and lecturer best known for pioneering the theory that Shakespeare's plays were authored by a group of contemporary intellectuals rather than William Shakespeare himself.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptologist
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archaeologist ⓘ folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-07-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-11-13 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ⓘ
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University College London ⓘ |
| employer | University College London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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anthropology of religion ⓘ archaeology ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gerald Gardner
NERFINISHED
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development of modern Wicca ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Egyptian archaeology
ⓘ
James George Frazer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1863–1963 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Folklore Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Margaret Alice Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
surviving pre-Christian European fertility cult underlying witchcraft
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witch-cult hypothesis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ancient Egyptian Legends
NERFINISHED
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My First Hundred Years NERFINISHED ⓘ The God of the Witches NERFINISHED ⓘ The Splendour That Was Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ The Witch-Cult in Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Egyptologist
ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ folklorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
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Calcutta, British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
London, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
assistant lecturer at University College London
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assistant professor of Egyptology ⓘ lecturer at University College London ⓘ president of the Folklore Society ⓘ |
| religion |
atheism
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secular humanism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Murray Description of subject: Margaret Murray was a British Egyptologist and folklorist whose controversial theories about a surviving pre-Christian European witch-cult later influenced the development of modern Wicca.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.