The Plumed Serpent
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The Plumed Serpent is a 1926 novel by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of political revolution, religious revival, and cultural conflict in post-revolutionary Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quetzalcoatl (early draft title) | 1 |
| The Plumed Serpent canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2854792 — 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: The Plumed Serpent Context triple: [D. H. Lawrence, notableWork, The Plumed Serpent]
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A.
Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
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B.
Grito de Yara
Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
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D.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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E.
Zanoni
Zanoni is a 1842 occult-philosophical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends romance, mysticism, and metaphysical themes against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
- 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: The Plumed Serpent Target entity description: The Plumed Serpent is a 1926 novel by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of political revolution, religious revival, and cultural conflict in post-revolutionary Mexico.
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A.
Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.
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B.
Grito de Yara
Grito de Yara was the 1868 proclamation by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes that launched Cuba’s Ten Years' War for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
People of the Dawn
People of the Dawn is a term referring to the Wabanaki peoples, an Indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Woodlands known for their deep cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the dawn-lit regions of northeastern North America.
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D.
The Red Priest
The Red Priest is the famous Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist Antonio Vivaldi, renowned for works such as "The Four Seasons."
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E.
Zanoni
Zanoni is a 1842 occult-philosophical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that blends romance, mysticism, and metaphysical themes against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | D. H. Lawrence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
authoritarian and fascistic overtones
ⓘ
portrayal of women ⓘ racial and cultural essentialism ⓘ |
| explores |
revival of indigenous religion
ⓘ
role of charismatic leadership ⓘ tension between European and Mexican cultures ⓘ violence and social order ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Don Ramón Carrasco
ⓘ
General Cipriano Viedma ⓘ Kate Leslie ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Martin Secker ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Lady Chatterley's Lover
ⓘ
surface form:
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
|
| genre |
modernist novel
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ religious novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
The Plumed Serpent
ⓘ
surface form:
Quetzalcoatl (early draft title)
|
| hasControversialReception | yes ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalElement |
Quetzalcoatl
ⓘ
pre-Columbian Mexican religion ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 450 ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century English literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authoritarianism
ⓘ
cultural conflict ⓘ myth and ritual ⓘ nationalism ⓘ political revolution ⓘ religious revival ⓘ sexuality and power ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | D. H. Lawrence bibliography ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
ambitious philosophical scope
ⓘ
evocative description of Mexico ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Aaron's rod that budded
ⓘ
surface form:
Aaron’s Rod
|
| publicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| publisher | Martin Secker ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mexico ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-Mexican Revolution era ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
feminist literary analysis
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ postcolonial analysis ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quetzalcoatl (early draft title)