Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
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Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) is a haunting oil mural by Francisco Goya depicting a demonic goat presiding over a coven of witches, created as part of his late, dark series known as the Black Paintings.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Witches’ Sabbath | 3 |
| Witches' Sabbath | 1 |
| Witches' Sabbath (Black Painting) | 1 |
| Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) canonical | 1 |
| Witches’ Sabbath (Black Painting) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2737393 — 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: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) Context triple: [The Black Paintings, notableWorkInSeries, Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)]
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A.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
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B.
Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night is a traditional springtime festival, especially prominent in central and northern Europe, marked by bonfires, revelry, and folklore about witches gathering on mountaintops.
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C.
Sabbat
Sabbat is a Polish surname most notably borne by Kazimierz Sabbat, a prominent Polish émigré politician and President of the Polish government-in-exile.
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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E.
Gothic Serpent
Gothic Serpent was the codename for the 1993 U.S. special operations mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that led to the Battle of Mogadishu depicted in "Black Hawk Down."
- 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: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) Target entity description: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) is a haunting oil mural by Francisco Goya depicting a demonic goat presiding over a coven of witches, created as part of his late, dark series known as the Black Paintings.
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A.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
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B.
Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night is a traditional springtime festival, especially prominent in central and northern Europe, marked by bonfires, revelry, and folklore about witches gathering on mountaintops.
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C.
Sabbat
Sabbat is a Polish surname most notably borne by Kazimierz Sabbat, a prominent Polish émigré politician and President of the Polish government-in-exile.
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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E.
Gothic Serpent
Gothic Serpent was the codename for the 1993 U.S. special operations mission in Mogadishu, Somalia, that led to the Battle of Mogadishu depicted in "Black Hawk Down."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black Painting
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mural ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | El Gran Cabrón ⓘ |
| city | Madrid ⓘ |
| collection |
Prado Museum
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surface form:
Museo del Prado collection
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| colorPalette |
dark
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earth tones ⓘ |
| completionTime | circa 1823 ⓘ |
| conservation | transferred from wall to canvas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creationTime | circa 1820–1823 ⓘ |
| creator | Francisco Goya ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Prado Museum
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surface form:
Museo del Prado
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| depicts |
Sabbath of witches
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coven of witches ⓘ demonic figure ⓘ goat ⓘ night scene ⓘ supernatural gathering ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
central horned goat figure
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dark, undefined background ⓘ group of terrified women ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Inquisition-era superstition
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Spanish folklore ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInBuilding |
Prado Museum
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surface form:
Museo del Prado main building
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| medium |
oil on plaster
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| originalFunction | domestic wall decoration ⓘ |
| originalLocation | Quinta del Sordo ⓘ |
| partOf | interior decoration of Quinta del Sordo ⓘ |
| period | Goya's late period ⓘ |
| series |
The Black Paintings
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surface form:
Black Paintings
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| style |
expressive
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painterly ⓘ |
| support | plaster wall ⓘ |
| theme |
dark imagination
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superstition ⓘ the occult ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| titleInSpanish | El Aquelarre ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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sinister ⓘ |
| transferDate | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) Description of subject: Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) is a haunting oil mural by Francisco Goya depicting a demonic goat presiding over a coven of witches, created as part of his late, dark series known as the Black Paintings.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Witches’ Sabbath
this entity surface form:
Witches’ Sabbath
Romería de San Isidro (The Pilgrimage of San Isidro)
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sharesSeriesWith
→
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
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subject surface form:
Romería de San Isidro
this entity surface form:
Witches’ Sabbath
Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup)
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relatedWork
→
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
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subject surface form:
Dos viejos comiendo sopa
this entity surface form:
Witches' Sabbath (Black Painting)
this entity surface form:
Witches’ Sabbath (Black Painting)
Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man)
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hasWorkPaintedOnWalls
→
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
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subject surface form:
Quinta del Sordo
this entity surface form:
Witches' Sabbath