Oduduwa
E287338
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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oduduwa canonical | 4 |
| Oduduwa Olofin Adimula | 1 |
| Odùduwà | 1 |
| Olofin Oduduwa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2583653 — 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: Oduduwa Context triple: [Ife Kingdom, hasDeity, Oduduwa]
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A.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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B.
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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C.
Ifa
Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
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D.
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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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: Oduduwa Target entity description: 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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A.
Olodumare
Olodumare is the supreme creator deity and ultimate source of power and existence in Yoruba religion and cosmology.
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B.
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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C.
Ifa
Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
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D.
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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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
culture hero
ⓘ
deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ primordial being ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ifẹ Kingdom
ⓘ
Ile-Ife ⓘ Yoruba monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba kingship
Yoruba people ⓘ creation of the earth in Yoruba myth ⓘ royal authority in Yorubaland ⓘ |
| category |
African deities
ⓘ
Yoruba gods ⓘ culture heroes in African mythology ⓘ |
| centralIn |
Ile-Ife foundation myths
ⓘ
Yoruba origin myths ⓘ |
| culture |
Yoruba religion
ⓘ
surface form:
Yoruba mythology
|
| familyRole |
ancestor of Yoruba kings
ⓘ
father of many Yoruba lineages ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasSacredCity | Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Oduduwa
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oduduwa Olofin Adimula
Oduduwa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Olofin Oduduwa
|
| influences |
Yoruba chieftaincy systems
ⓘ
Yoruba political traditions ⓘ Yoruba royal rituals ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Obatala in creation narratives
ⓘ
Olodumare as supreme deity ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus |
culture founder
ⓘ
primordial ancestor ⓘ |
| narrativeType | oral tradition ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
ancestor of many Yoruba kingdoms
ⓘ
first ruler of Ile-Ife ⓘ |
| religion | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| role |
ancestral figure
ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ founder of Ile-Ife ⓘ progenitor of the Yoruba people ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
creation and order
ⓘ
legitimacy of Yoruba rulers ⓘ origin of the Yoruba nation ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Afro-diasporic Yoruba-derived religions
ⓘ
Yoruba people ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Benin
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ Ijeshaland ⓘ
surface form:
Yorubaland
|
| worshipPracticesInclude |
annual festivals in Yorubaland
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rituals at Ile-Ife 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: Oduduwa Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oduduwa Olofin Adimula
this entity surface form:
Odùduwà