Iansã
E934639
Iansã is a powerful Afro-Brazilian orixá associated with winds, storms, and the dead, revered as a fierce warrior and guardian of change and transformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iansã canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11579920 — 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: Iansã Context triple: [Candomblé, hasPantheonMember, Iansã]
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A.
Ribeira
Ribeira is a coastal town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain, known for its fishing industry and Atlantic beaches.
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B.
Ribeira
Ribeira is a historic riverside district in Porto, Portugal, known for its narrow medieval streets, colorful buildings, and vibrant waterfront atmosphere along the Douro River.
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C.
Tajo River
The Tajo River is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from eastern Spain through central regions into Portugal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Pomba River
The Pomba River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that feeds into the Paraíba do Sul River and supports surrounding agricultural and urban regions.
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E.
Deua River
The Deua River is a significant coastal river in southeastern New South Wales, Australia, flowing through rugged national park landscapes before joining the Moruya River system.
- 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: Iansã Target entity description: Iansã is a powerful Afro-Brazilian orixá associated with winds, storms, and the dead, revered as a fierce warrior and guardian of change and transformation.
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A.
Ribeira
Ribeira is a coastal town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain, known for its fishing industry and Atlantic beaches.
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B.
Ribeira
Ribeira is a historic riverside district in Porto, Portugal, known for its narrow medieval streets, colorful buildings, and vibrant waterfront atmosphere along the Douro River.
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C.
Tajo River
The Tajo River is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from eastern Spain through central regions into Portugal before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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D.
Pomba River
The Pomba River is a significant waterway in southeastern Brazil that feeds into the Paraíba do Sul River and supports surrounding agricultural and urban regions.
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E.
Deua River
The Deua River is a significant coastal river in southeastern New South Wales, Australia, flowing through rugged national park landscapes before joining the Moruya River system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afro-Brazilian deity
ⓘ
Orixá ⓘ Yoruba deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Xangô
ⓘ
linked to:
Shango
cemeteries ⓘ change ⓘ courage ⓘ eguns ⓘ female leadership ⓘ fire ⓘ impulsiveness ⓘ justice ⓘ lightning ⓘ passion ⓘ storms ⓘ tempests ⓘ the dead ⓘ transformation ⓘ war ⓘ winds ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Benin
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
spirits of the dead
ⓘ
storms and winds ⓘ sudden changes in life ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Oya
ⓘ
Oyá ⓘ Yansã ⓘ |
| maritalRelation | wife of Xangô ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of change
ⓘ
guardian of the dead ⓘ protector of women ⓘ warrior deity ⓘ |
| sacredAnimal | buffalo ⓘ |
| sacredColor |
brown
ⓘ
orange ⓘ red ⓘ |
| sacredDay | Wednesday ⓘ |
| sacredElement |
air
ⓘ
fire ⓘ |
| symbol |
buffalo horns
ⓘ
lightning bolt ⓘ sword ⓘ whirlwind ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Afro-Brazilian religions
ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ |
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: Iansã Description of subject: Iansã is a powerful Afro-Brazilian orixá associated with winds, storms, and the dead, revered as a fierce warrior and guardian of change and transformation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.