Yeba
E763077
Yeba are ritual specialists of the Limbu people who conduct traditional religious ceremonies, healing rites, and spiritual mediation within their indigenous belief system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yeba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8871393 — 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: Yeba Context triple: [Limbu people, traditionalReligionSpecialist, Yeba]
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A.
Bisha
Bisha is a major inland city in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its agricultural production and strategic location within the Asir region.
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B.
Jebba
Jebba is a town in western Nigeria known for its strategic location on the Niger River and its historic bridge linking northern and southern Nigeria.
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C.
Yinjebi
Yinjebi is an alternative name for the Nzebi people, a Bantu ethnic group primarily living in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Ebabbar
Ebabbar was the principal sun-god temple of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Sippar, dedicated to the deity Shamash.
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E.
Kurubarabulu
Kurubarabulu was an Aboriginal woman of the Eora people known primarily as the wife of the Sydney Aboriginal leader Bennelong during the early period of British colonisation in Australia.
- 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: Yeba Target entity description: Yeba are ritual specialists of the Limbu people who conduct traditional religious ceremonies, healing rites, and spiritual mediation within their indigenous belief system.
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A.
Bisha
Bisha is a major inland city in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its agricultural production and strategic location within the Asir region.
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B.
Jebba
Jebba is a town in western Nigeria known for its strategic location on the Niger River and its historic bridge linking northern and southern Nigeria.
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C.
Yinjebi
Yinjebi is an alternative name for the Nzebi people, a Bantu ethnic group primarily living in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
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D.
Ebabbar
Ebabbar was the principal sun-god temple of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Sippar, dedicated to the deity Shamash.
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E.
Kurubarabulu
Kurubarabulu was an Aboriginal woman of the Eora people known primarily as the wife of the Sydney Aboriginal leader Bennelong during the early period of British colonisation in Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
religious role
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religious specialist ⓘ ritual specialist ⓘ shamanic practitioner ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Limbu clan rituals
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ancestor worship ⓘ community well-being ⓘ healing of illness ⓘ nature spirits ⓘ |
| ceremonyType |
agricultural rituals
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funerary rituals ⓘ healing ceremonies ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | mediator between visible and invisible worlds ⓘ |
| counterpart | Yema ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | intangible cultural heritage of Limbu people ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Limbu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| knowledgeType |
healing knowledge
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mythological knowledge ⓘ ritual knowledge ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Limbu language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Darjeeling region
NERFINISHED
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Sikkim region NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practicedBy | Limbu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousStatus |
non-Buddhist Limbu ritualist
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non-Hindu Limbu ritualist ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Kirat religion
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Limbu indigenous religion ⓘ |
| roleInSociety |
acts as spiritual mediator
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conducts traditional religious ceremonies ⓘ mediates between humans and spirits ⓘ performs divination ⓘ performs exorcism ⓘ performs healing rites ⓘ performs protective rituals ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
conflict mediation
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guidance in crises ⓘ |
| socialStatus | respected figure ⓘ |
| transmission |
apprenticeship
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oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
oral chants
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ritual objects ⓘ ritual offerings ⓘ sacrificial rites ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Yeba Description of subject: Yeba are ritual specialists of the Limbu people who conduct traditional religious ceremonies, healing rites, and spiritual mediation within their indigenous belief system.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.