Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
E133941
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wakahirume-no-Mikoto canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1010760 — 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: Wakahirume-no-Mikoto Context triple: [Ikuta Shrine, dedicatedTo, Wakahirume-no-Mikoto]
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A.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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B.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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C.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Himetatara Isuzuhime
Himetatara Isuzuhime is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology known as the consort of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.
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E.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
- 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: Wakahirume-no-Mikoto Target entity description: Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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A.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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B.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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C.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Himetatara Isuzuhime
Himetatara Isuzuhime is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology known as the consort of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.
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E.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
kami ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
loom
ⓘ
rising sun ⓘ sunlight ⓘ textiles ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese goddesses
ⓘ
solar deities ⓘ weaving deities ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| domain |
crafts
ⓘ
dawn ⓘ sericulture ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| epithet |
divine maiden
ⓘ
young sun goddess ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
Mikoto
ⓘ
surface form:
no-Mikoto
|
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Amaterasu ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| relative | Amaterasu ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
attendant of Amaterasu
ⓘ
weaver for Amaterasu ⓘ |
| scriptOfName | kanji ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Shinto shrines ⓘ |
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: Wakahirume-no-Mikoto Description of subject: Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.