Sea of Stories
E157041
The Sea of Stories is a vast, magical ocean of interwoven tales and narrative streams in Salman Rushdie’s children’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sea of Stories canonical | 7 |
| Ocean of Stories | 1 |
| the Sea of Stories | 1 |
| the Sea of Stories universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1368957 — 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: Sea of Stories Context triple: [Haroun and the Sea of Stories, setting, Sea of Stories]
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder is a late-18th-century collection of Gothic and supernatural ballads compiled by English novelist and dramatist Matthew Gregory Lewis.
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C.
Storyteller
"Storyteller" is a seminal work of the Native American Renaissance that blends traditional Indigenous oral narratives with contemporary literary forms to explore Native identity and cultural continuity.
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D.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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E.
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is a classic book on Christian preaching by theologian John Stott that explores the preacher’s role as a bridge between the biblical text and the contemporary world.
- 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: Sea of Stories Target entity description: The Sea of Stories is a vast, magical ocean of interwoven tales and narrative streams in Salman Rushdie’s children’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
Tales of Wonder
Tales of Wonder is a late-18th-century collection of Gothic and supernatural ballads compiled by English novelist and dramatist Matthew Gregory Lewis.
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C.
Storyteller
"Storyteller" is a seminal work of the Native American Renaissance that blends traditional Indigenous oral narratives with contemporary literary forms to explore Native identity and cultural continuity.
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D.
A World Between
A World Between is a science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores political manipulation and media control on a distant, idealistic colony world.
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E.
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is a classic book on Christian preaching by theologian John Stott that explores the preacher’s role as a bridge between the biblical text and the contemporary world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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literary concept ⓘ magical ocean ⓘ |
| accessedVia | Story Tap ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Haroun and the Sea of Stories ⓘ |
| contains |
mixed stories
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new stories ⓘ old stories ⓘ story streams ⓘ |
| createdBy | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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surface form:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990 novel)
|
| genreContext | fantasy literature ⓘ |
| governedBy | Walrus ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
interwoven tales
ⓘ
magical ⓘ narrative streams ⓘ vast ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalWorld | Kahani ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Pages ⓘ |
| medium | children's novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
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source of stories ⓘ |
| opposedForce | Ocean of Notions (pollution of stories) ⓘ |
| relatedTheme |
censorship
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creativity versus silence ⓘ political allegory ⓘ power of narrative ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural plurality
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freedom of speech ⓘ imagination ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| targetAudienceContext |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
Chupwala forces
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Khattam-Shud ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Butt the Hoopoe
ⓘ
Haroun Khalifa ⓘ
surface form:
Haroun
Iff the Water Genie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sea of Stories Description of subject: The Sea of Stories is a vast, magical ocean of interwoven tales and narrative streams in Salman Rushdie’s children’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ocean of Stories
this entity surface form:
the Sea of Stories
this entity surface form:
the Sea of Stories universe