Κῆρες
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Κῆρες are female death-spirits in Greek mythology associated with violent demise and the carrying off of souls from the battlefield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Κῆρες canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10582571 — 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: Κῆρες Context triple: [Keres, nameInGreek, Κῆρες]
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A.
Κρεῖος
Κρεῖος is the Greek name for Crius, one of the twelve original Titans of Greek mythology associated with the constellations and the heavens.
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B.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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C.
Κρηθεύς
Κρηθεύς is the Greek name for Cretheus, a mythological king of Iolcus in Thessaly and a son of Aeolus in ancient Greek tradition.
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D.
Gytheio
Gytheio is a historic coastal town and port in the southern Peloponnese of Greece, known as the former seaport of ancient Sparta and a gateway to the Laconian Gulf.
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E.
Kynthos
Kynthos is an ancient Greek place name, most famously associated with Mount Cynthus on the island of Delos, which gave rise to related personal names such as Kynthia.
- 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: Κῆρες Target entity description: Κῆρες are female death-spirits in Greek mythology associated with violent demise and the carrying off of souls from the battlefield.
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A.
Κρεῖος
Κρεῖος is the Greek name for Crius, one of the twelve original Titans of Greek mythology associated with the constellations and the heavens.
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B.
Erasinos
Erasinos is an ancient river in the region of Attica, Greece, historically associated with the sanctuary and coastal area of Brauron.
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C.
Κρηθεύς
Κρηθεύς is the Greek name for Cretheus, a mythological king of Iolcus in Thessaly and a son of Aeolus in ancient Greek tradition.
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D.
Gytheio
Gytheio is a historic coastal town and port in the southern Peloponnese of Greece, known as the former seaport of ancient Sparta and a gateway to the Laconian Gulf.
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E.
Kynthos
Kynthos is an ancient Greek place name, most famously associated with Mount Cynthus on the island of Delos, which gave rise to related personal names such as Kynthia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
daimones
ⓘ
death spirits ⓘ mythological beings ⓘ |
| activity |
dragging bodies away
ⓘ
hovering over battles ⓘ snatching souls of the dying ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
battlefield
ⓘ
bloodshed ⓘ death ⓘ slaughter ⓘ violent death ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Thanatos (peaceful death)
ⓘ
linked to:
Thanatos
|
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs |
blood-drinking
ⓘ
clothed in blood ⓘ dark ⓘ dread ⓘ ghastly ⓘ loathsome ⓘ |
| domain |
battlefields
ⓘ
places of slaughter ⓘ |
| feedsOn |
blood of the dying
ⓘ
corpses ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hesiod’s Shield of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Shield of Heracles
Hesiod’s Theogony ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
Homeric tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric epics
|
| number | plural group ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Athena
ⓘ
Moirai ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
Zeus ⓘ |
| parentage |
Nyx (in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyx
|
| relatedTo |
Erinyes
ⓘ
Moirai ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
Thanatos ⓘ |
| role |
carrying off souls of the dead
ⓘ
personifications of violent death ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Hypnos (in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypnos
Moirai (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
Thanatos (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Thanatos
|
| sometimesConfusedWith |
Erinyes
ⓘ
Keres (Latinized form) ⓘ Moirai ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
|
| symbolizes |
destruction in war
ⓘ
inevitable violent fate ⓘ |
| transliteration | Keres ⓘ |
| typeOfDeath |
bloody
ⓘ
premature ⓘ violent ⓘ |
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: Κῆρες Description of subject: Κῆρες are female death-spirits in Greek mythology associated with violent demise and the carrying off of souls from the battlefield.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.