Olokun
E934635
Olokun is a prominent West African deity associated with the sea, wealth, fertility, and the depths of spiritual wisdom, especially revered in Edo and Yoruba religious traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olokun canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11579589 — 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: Olokun Context triple: [Edo people, traditionalReligionDeity, Olokun]
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A.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
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B.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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E.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
- 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: Olokun Target entity description: Olokun is a prominent West African deity associated with the sea, wealth, fertility, and the depths of spiritual wisdom, especially revered in Edo and Yoruba religious traditions.
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A.
Oduduwa
Oduduwa is a revered primordial figure in Yoruba mythology, regarded as the progenitor of the Yoruba people and a key creator deity associated with the founding of Ile-Ife.
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B.
Obatalá
Obatalá is a major orisha in the Yoruba-derived Regla de Ocha (Santería), revered as the wise, peaceful creator deity associated with purity, justice, and the molding of human beings.
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C.
Ogun
Ogun is a major Yoruba deity revered as the god of iron, war, and craftsmanship, often associated with metalworking, technology, and the clearing of paths.
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D.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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E.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Edo deity
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Orisha ⓘ Yoruba deity ⓘ deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
divination
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dreams ⓘ fertility ⓘ healing ⓘ mystery ⓘ prosperity ⓘ spiritual wisdom ⓘ water ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| culture |
Edo people
ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ |
| domain |
ocean depths
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| gender |
androgynous
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female in some traditions ⓘ male in some traditions ⓘ |
| hasColor |
blue
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deep green ⓘ white ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
fish
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sea ⓘ shells ⓘ waves ⓘ |
| parentOf | Yemoja in some traditions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Obatala
ⓘ
linked to:
Obatalá
Ogun ⓘ Yemoja ⓘ |
| religion |
Edo traditional religion
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Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
giver of wealth
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guardian of the sea ⓘ keeper of secrets ⓘ protector of sailors ⓘ source of fertility ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | ocean floor ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
African diaspora religions
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linked to:
Afro-diasporic religions
Afro‑Brazilian religions ⓘ
linked to:
Afro-Brazilian religions
Afro‑Caribbean religions ⓘ
linked to:
Afro-Caribbean religions
Benin ⓘ Candomblé ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Santería ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| worshipPractices |
festivals in coastal communities
ⓘ
offerings at the seashore ⓘ rituals involving water ⓘ |
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: Olokun Description of subject: Olokun is a prominent West African deity associated with the sea, wealth, fertility, and the depths of spiritual wisdom, especially revered in Edo and Yoruba religious traditions.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.