Nyame
E347805
Nyame is the supreme sky god and creator in Akan religion, associated with the sun, rain, and the ordering of the universe.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3329416 — 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: Nyame Context triple: [Akan people, deity, Nyame]
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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.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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C.
Oduduwa
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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D.
Oba Ozolua
Oba Ozolua was a powerful 15th–16th century ruler of the Kingdom of Benin, renowned for his military conquests and expansion of the empire’s influence in West Africa.
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E.
Odinani
Odinani is the indigenous spiritual and cosmological belief system of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, encompassing their deities, rituals, moral codes, and worldview.
- 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: Nyame Target entity description: Nyame is the supreme sky god and creator in Akan religion, associated with the sun, rain, and the ordering of the universe.
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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.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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C.
Oduduwa
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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D.
Oba Ozolua
Oba Ozolua was a powerful 15th–16th century ruler of the Kingdom of Benin, renowned for his military conquests and expansion of the empire’s influence in West Africa.
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E.
Odinani
Odinani is the indigenous spiritual and cosmological belief system of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, encompassing their deities, rituals, moral codes, and worldview.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Akan deity
ⓘ
creator god ⓘ deity ⓘ sky god ⓘ supreme being ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Anansi
ⓘ
Asase Yaa ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
destiny
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fertility ⓘ life ⓘ order of the universe ⓘ rain ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole |
creator of earth
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creator of humans ⓘ creator of lesser gods ⓘ |
| culture | Akan people ⓘ |
| domain |
heaven
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sky ⓘ universe ⓘ |
| epithet |
Almighty
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Creator ⓘ Owner of the Sky ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Akan ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Akan religion
ⓘ
surface form:
Akan cosmology
Akan ethics ⓘ Akan ritual practice ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Anansi
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other Akan deities ⓘ |
| region |
Ghana
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Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast
|
| religion | Akan religion ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
giver of commandments
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source of moral order ⓘ |
| role |
creator of the universe
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high god ⓘ supreme sky god ⓘ |
| spouse | Asase Yaa ⓘ |
| symbol |
rainbow
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sky ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| title |
Odomankoma
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Onyame ⓘ Onyankopon ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Akan people
ⓘ
Akyem people ⓘ Ashanti people ⓘ Fante people ⓘ |
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: Nyame Description of subject: Nyame is the supreme sky god and creator in Akan religion, associated with the sun, rain, and the ordering of the universe.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gye Nyame
this entity surface form:
Nyame Dua