Woden
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Woden is a Germanic god often identified with Odin, associated with war, wisdom, and the supernatural, and in folklore is portrayed as the spectral leader of the Wild Hunt.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10626649 — 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: Woden Context triple: [Wild Hunt, leader, Woden]
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A.
Verethragna
Verethragna is an ancient Iranian god of victory, strength, and war, often associated with heroic valor and martial prowess in Zoroastrian tradition.
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B.
Hodr
Hodr is a blind god in Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
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C.
Surtr
Surtr is a fire giant and ruler of Muspelheim in Norse mythology, prophesied to lead the forces of fire at Ragnarök and bring about the world's destruction.
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D.
Baiame
Baiame is a creator and sky father figure in the mythology of several Aboriginal Australian peoples, often associated with law, ceremony, and the shaping of the land.
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E.
Theus
Theus is the surname of Reggie Theus, a former American professional basketball player and coach known for his NBA career and later coaching roles.
- 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: Woden Target entity description: Woden is a Germanic god often identified with Odin, associated with war, wisdom, and the supernatural, and in folklore is portrayed as the spectral leader of the Wild Hunt.
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A.
Verethragna
Verethragna is an ancient Iranian god of victory, strength, and war, often associated with heroic valor and martial prowess in Zoroastrian tradition.
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B.
Hodr
Hodr is a blind god in Norse mythology, best known for being tricked into killing his brother Baldr.
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C.
Surtr
Surtr is a fire giant and ruler of Muspelheim in Norse mythology, prophesied to lead the forces of fire at Ragnarök and bring about the world's destruction.
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D.
Baiame
Baiame is a creator and sky father figure in the mythology of several Aboriginal Australian peoples, often associated with law, ceremony, and the shaping of the land.
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E.
Theus
Theus is the surname of Reggie Theus, a former American professional basketball player and coach known for his NBA career and later coaching roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Germanic deity
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mythological figure ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
battle frenzy
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prophecy ⓘ royal ancestry in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ runes in comparative Germanic mythology ⓘ sorcery ⓘ storms ⓘ the dead ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
ⓘ
Old English charms ⓘ Old English place-name traditions ⓘ |
| culture | Germanic peoples ⓘ |
| dayNameEponym | Wednesday ⓘ |
| domain |
magic
ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ war ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Odin ⓘ |
| function |
chieftain of the gods in some Anglo-Saxon traditions
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giver of wisdom ⓘ master of ecstatic inspiration ⓘ patron of rulers and warriors ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later English folklore of the Wild Hunt ⓘ |
| languageContext | Old English ⓘ |
| mythologicalMotif |
Wild Hunt
ⓘ
linked to:
The Wild Hunt
|
| nameCognate |
Old High German Wotan
ⓘ
Old Norse Odin ⓘ
linked to:
Odin
Proto-Germanic *Wōđanaz ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Germanic
|
| portrayedAs |
leader of ghostly hunters
ⓘ
spectral rider ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Odin
ⓘ
Wotan ⓘ Wuotan ⓘ |
| religion | Germanic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInFolklore | leader of the Wild Hunt ⓘ |
| status | chief god in some Anglo-Saxon traditions ⓘ |
| typeOfMyth |
death god
ⓘ
sky god ⓘ |
| weekdayAssociation | Wednesday ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod | pre-Christian era in England ⓘ |
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: Woden Description of subject: Woden is a Germanic god often identified with Odin, associated with war, wisdom, and the supernatural, and in folklore is portrayed as the spectral leader of the Wild Hunt.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Woden
subject linked to:
the Wild Hunt
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden
linked to: Woden