Bel and the Dragon
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Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bel and the Dragon canonical | 5 |
| Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha) | 1 |
| The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207646 — 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: Bel and the Dragon Context triple: [Eastern Orthodox canon, includesBook, Bel and the Dragon]
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A.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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B.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
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C.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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D.
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon, loosely based on the Saint George and the Dragon legend and known for its campy special effects and fairy-tale adventure plot.
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E.
Maeslantkering
Maeslantkering is a massive movable storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that protects the low-lying Rotterdam region from North Sea flooding.
- 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: Bel and the Dragon Target entity description: Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
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A.
El Draque
El Draque is the Spanish nickname for Sir Francis Drake, the famed 16th-century English sea captain, privateer, and circumnavigator who raided Spanish possessions in the Americas.
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B.
the Dragon
The Dragon is a symbolic, malevolent figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing Satan or the ultimate embodiment of evil opposing God and His people.
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C.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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D.
The Magic Sword
The Magic Sword is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon, loosely based on the Saint George and the Dragon legend and known for its campy special effects and fairy-tale adventure plot.
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E.
Maeslantkering
Maeslantkering is a massive movable storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that protects the low-lying Rotterdam region from North Sea flooding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
addition to the Book of Daniel
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apocryphal text ⓘ biblical narrative ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greek additions to Daniel
ⓘ
Song of the Three Holy Youths ⓘ
surface form:
Song of the Three Youths
Susanna ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Babylonian king
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Daniel ⓘ Habakkuk ⓘ Cyrus the Great ⓘ
surface form:
King Cyrus
priests of Bel ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic tale
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religious narrative ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
apocryphal in most Protestant traditions
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deuterocanonical in Catholic tradition ⓘ deuterocanonical in Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Greek
ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Babylon ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of idolatry
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divine deliverance ⓘ exposure of false worship ⓘ faithfulness to God ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Septuagint
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Vulgate ⓘ |
| likelyCenturyOfComposition | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | appendix to the Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
Daniel cast into lions’ den
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destruction of an idol called Bel ⓘ exposes fraud of Bel’s priests ⓘ miraculous feeding of Daniel by Habakkuk ⓘ slaying of a living dragon ⓘ |
| notIncludedIn |
Tanakh
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surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Tanakh
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| partOf |
Book of Daniel
ⓘ
Greek Daniel ⓘ Book of Daniel ⓘ
surface form:
Septuagint Daniel
|
| periodOfOrigin | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| purpose |
to demonstrate the power of Israel’s God over idols
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to encourage fidelity to the God of Israel in exile ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| scripturalLocation |
Daniel chapter 14 in Catholic Bibles
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Daniel chapter 14 in Orthodox Bibles ⓘ Daniel chapter 14 in Vulgate tradition ⓘ |
| titleVariant |
Bel and the Dragon
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha)
Bel and the Dragon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon
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Subject: Bel and the Dragon Description of subject: Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal addition to the Book of Daniel that recounts stories of the prophet exposing the falsity of idol worship and miraculously surviving a dragon and a lions’ den.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bel and the Dragon (KJV Apocrypha)
this entity surface form:
The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon