Sraosha
E775064
Sraosha is a key Zoroastrian divinity associated with obedience, religious devotion, and the protection of the righteous, often depicted as a guardian against evil forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sraosha canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9055295 — 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: Sraosha Context triple: [Iranian mythology, hasDeity, Sraosha]
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A.
Asura
Asura is a class of powerful, often antagonistic supernatural beings in Indian religions, particularly Hinduism and Buddhism, frequently depicted as rivals of the gods (Devas).
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B.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
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C.
Haohmaru
Haohmaru is the sake-loving wandering swordsman and primary protagonist of SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his powerful katana-based attacks and straightforward, aggressive fighting style.
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D.
Yasa'ur
Yasa'ur was a Mongol prince and military leader who played a significant role in the politics and conflicts of the Chagatai Khanate during the early 14th century.
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E.
Boorga
Boorga is a small rural locality within the Hay Shire local government area in New South Wales, 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: Sraosha Target entity description: Sraosha is a key Zoroastrian divinity associated with obedience, religious devotion, and the protection of the righteous, often depicted as a guardian against evil forces.
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A.
Asura
Asura is a class of powerful, often antagonistic supernatural beings in Indian religions, particularly Hinduism and Buddhism, frequently depicted as rivals of the gods (Devas).
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B.
Shachi
Shachi, also known as Indrani, is the queen of the gods and the goddess of beauty and prosperity in Hindu mythology, revered as the wife of the god Indra.
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C.
Haohmaru
Haohmaru is the sake-loving wandering swordsman and primary protagonist of SNK’s Samurai Shodown fighting game series, known for his powerful katana-based attacks and straightforward, aggressive fighting style.
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D.
Yasa'ur
Yasa'ur was a Mongol prince and military leader who played a significant role in the politics and conflicts of the Chagatai Khanate during the early 14th century.
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E.
Boorga
Boorga is a small rural locality within the Hay Shire local government area in New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zoroastrian divinity
ⓘ
yazata ⓘ |
| alignedWith |
Ahura Mazda
ⓘ
Amesha Spentas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
conscience
ⓘ
obedience ⓘ piety ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ |
| AvestanName | Sraoša ⓘ |
| cosmicRole | protector of the world at night ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Iranian religion ⓘ |
| domain |
moral vigilance
ⓘ
prayer ⓘ ritual correctness ⓘ |
| epithet |
friend of the poor
ⓘ
guardian of the world ⓘ lord of obedience ⓘ protector of prayer ⓘ |
| eschatologicalRole |
guides souls across the Chinvat Bridge
ⓘ
participates in judgment of the dead ⓘ present at the Chinvat Bridge ⓘ |
| function |
combats daevas
ⓘ
conveys prayers to Ahura Mazda ⓘ guards the ritual of worship ⓘ listens to human prayers ⓘ upholds Asha ⓘ |
| guardianOf |
the cosmic order
ⓘ
the faithful ⓘ the ritual fire ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a guardian figure
ⓘ
depicted as armed and vigilant ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Avestan
ⓘ
linked to:
Avestan language
|
| meaningOfName |
hearing
ⓘ
obedience ⓘ |
| moralAssociation |
devout listening to revelation
ⓘ
obedience to divine law ⓘ |
| opposedTo | daevas ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| role |
divine messenger
ⓘ
guardian against evil forces ⓘ judge of souls ⓘ protector of the righteous ⓘ psychopomp ⓘ |
| textMention |
Avesta
ⓘ
Yashts ⓘ
linked to:
Avesta
Yasna ⓘ |
| worshipPractice |
invoked for protection from evil
ⓘ
invoked in daily prayers ⓘ invoked in the Yasna liturgy ⓘ |
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: Sraosha Description of subject: Sraosha is a key Zoroastrian divinity associated with obedience, religious devotion, and the protection of the righteous, often depicted as a guardian against evil forces.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.