Magi
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The Magi are the wise men or kings from the East in the New Testament who visit the infant Jesus, traditionally bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magi canonical | 12 |
| Les Mages | 1 |
| Magi from the East | 1 |
| Three Magi | 1 |
| Three Wise Men | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T227511 — 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: Magi Context triple: [Epiphany, associatedWith, Magi]
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A.
Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
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B.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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C.
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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D.
Bel and the Dragon
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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E.
The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
- 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: Magi Target entity description: The Magi are the wise men or kings from the East in the New Testament who visit the infant Jesus, traditionally bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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A.
Willow
Willow is a 1988 fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard that follows an aspiring sorcerer who must protect a prophesied child from an evil queen.
-
B.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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C.
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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D.
Bel and the Dragon
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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E.
The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figures
ⓘ
New Testament characters ⓘ Visitors of the infant Jesus ⓘ |
| actionAfterWarning | returned to their country by another route ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kings from the East
ⓘ
Magi ⓘ
surface form:
Magi from the East
Three Kings ⓘ Wise Men ⓘ
surface form:
Three Wise Men
Wise Men ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Matthew 2:1–12 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christmas narrative
ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Jesus
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Adoration of the Magi
ⓘ
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Epiphany of the Lord
|
| category |
Characters in the Gospel of Matthew
ⓘ
New Testament people ⓘ |
| describedIn | Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| feastDay | Epiphany ⓘ |
| feastDayObservedOn | January 6 ⓘ |
| giftBrought |
frankincense
ⓘ
gold ⓘ myrrh ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Star of Bethlehem ⓘ |
| honorShownToJesus |
fell down before him
ⓘ
worshiped him ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
Adoration of the Magi
ⓘ
surface form:
Adoration of the Magi in Christian art
|
| interactionWith |
Herod the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
King Herod
|
| journeyFrom | the East ⓘ |
| languageOrigin | Greek term "magoi" ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | signify recognition of Jesus by the Gentiles ⓘ |
| numberInBiblicalText | unspecified ⓘ |
| numberInTradition | 3 ⓘ |
| originalMeaning | Zoroastrian priests or astrologers ⓘ |
| questionAskedInJerusalem | "Where is he that is born King of the Jews?" ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Anglicanism (broadly)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| role |
Bearers of symbolic gifts
ⓘ
Visitors who honor the newborn Jesus ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | saints ⓘ |
| symbolismOfFrankincense | divinity of Jesus ⓘ |
| symbolismOfGold | kingship of Jesus ⓘ |
| symbolismOfMyrrh | suffering and death of Jesus ⓘ |
| timeRelativeToBirth | after the birth of Jesus ⓘ |
| traditionalNames |
Balthazar
ⓘ
Caspar ⓘ Melchior ⓘ |
| traditionalOrigin |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabia
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Persia ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| visitLocation |
Bethlehem
ⓘ
house where Jesus was ⓘ |
| warnedIn | a dream ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Magi Description of subject: The Magi are the wise men or kings from the East in the New Testament who visit the infant Jesus, traditionally bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Three Wise Men
this entity surface form:
Magi from the East
this entity surface form:
Three Magi
this entity surface form:
Les Mages