Pygmalion myth
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The Pygmalion myth is an ancient Greek story about a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has carved, which is then brought to life by the goddess Aphrodite.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pygmalion myth canonical | 3 |
| Pygmalion (mythology) | 2 |
| Pygmalion and Galatea | 1 |
| Pygmalion and Galatea myth | 1 |
| Pygmalion in art | 1 |
| Pygmalion the sculptor of Greek myth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11019923 — 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: Pygmalion myth Context triple: [Eliza Doolittle, basedOn, Pygmalion myth]
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Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion and Galatea is a celebrated 18th-century marble sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting the mythological moment when the sculptor Pygmalion’s statue comes to life.
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Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion and Galatea is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting the mythological moment when the sculptor Pygmalion’s statue comes to life.
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Pygmalion of Tyre
Pygmalion of Tyre was a legendary king of Tyre in classical tradition, chiefly known as the cruel brother of Queen Dido whose greed and treachery drove her to flee and found Carthage.
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Pygmalion and the Image series
Pygmalion and the Image series is a set of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Edward Burne-Jones that visually narrate the classical myth of the sculptor Pygmalion and his statue brought to life.
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E.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion is a celebrated stage play by George Bernard Shaw that satirizes class distinctions through the transformation of a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady under the tutelage of a phonetics professor.
- 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: Pygmalion myth Target entity description: The Pygmalion myth is an ancient Greek story about a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has carved, which is then brought to life by the goddess Aphrodite.
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A.
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion and Galatea is a celebrated 18th-century marble sculpture by Étienne-Maurice Falconet depicting the mythological moment when the sculptor Pygmalion’s statue comes to life.
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B.
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion and Galatea is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting the mythological moment when the sculptor Pygmalion’s statue comes to life.
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C.
Pygmalion of Tyre
Pygmalion of Tyre was a legendary king of Tyre in classical tradition, chiefly known as the cruel brother of Queen Dido whose greed and treachery drove her to flee and found Carthage.
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D.
Pygmalion and the Image series
Pygmalion and the Image series is a set of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Edward Burne-Jones that visually narrate the classical myth of the sculptor Pygmalion and his statue brought to life.
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E.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion is a celebrated stage play by George Bernard Shaw that satirizes class distinctions through the transformation of a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady under the tutelage of a phonetics professor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek myth
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aetiological myth ⓘ love story ⓘ metamorphosis myth ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Metamorphoses, Book 10
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linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| featuresEvent |
Aphrodite brings the statue to life
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Pygmalion carves an ivory statue ⓘ Pygmalion falls in love with his statue ⓘ Pygmalion marries the living statue ⓘ Pygmalion prays to Aphrodite ⓘ |
| featuresObject |
Aphrodite’s altar
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linked to:
Sanctuary of Aphrodite
ivory statue ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedArtForm |
ballet
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opera ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aphrodite
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Galatea ⓘ Pygmalion ⓘ
linked to:
Pygmalion of Cyprus
|
| hasCulturalOrigin |
ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| hasDeity | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| hasGenre | mythological narrative ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
allegory of artistic creativity
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allegory of male fantasy of the ideal woman ⓘ reflection on the boundary between art and life ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfEarliestFullVersion | Latin ⓘ |
| hasLaterLiterarySource |
George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion
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linked to:
Pygmalion
John Dryden’s translation of Ovid ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Pygmalion
ⓘ
linked to:
Pygmalion of Cyprus
|
| hasMediumOfKeySource | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
artist’s creation surpasses reality
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divine answer to prayer ⓘ statue brought to life ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | union between creator and creation ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfCodification | Roman imperial period ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Cyprus ⓘ |
| hasSource | Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art and love
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idealization of women ⓘ power of desire ⓘ relationship between artist and creation ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Pygmalion and Galatea
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linked to:
Pygmalion myth
|
| inspiredConcept |
Galatea effect
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Pygmalion effect ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion
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linked to:
Pygmalion
musical My Fair Lady ⓘ
linked to:
My Fair Lady
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pygmalion myth Description of subject: The Pygmalion myth is an ancient Greek story about a sculptor who falls in love with a statue he has carved, which is then brought to life by the goddess Aphrodite.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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