Völuspá
E361315
Völuspá is a foundational Old Norse poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts the creation, fate, and prophesied end of the world through the visions of a seeress.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Völuspá canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3458431 — 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: Völuspá Context triple: [Poetic Edda, contains, Völuspá]
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A.
Hávamál
Hávamál is an Old Norse poem attributed to Odin that offers wisdom, ethical guidelines, and practical advice, and is one of the most famous and influential works in the Poetic Edda.
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B.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts a wisdom contest between the god Odin and the giant Vafþrúðnir.
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C.
Baldrs draumar
Baldrs draumar is an Old Norse Eddic poem that recounts Odin’s journey to the underworld to uncover the ominous dreams foretelling the death of his son Baldr.
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D.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
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E.
Edda
Edda is an Italian given name most notably borne by Edda Mussolini, the eldest daughter of dictator Benito Mussolini.
- 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: Völuspá Target entity description: Völuspá is a foundational Old Norse poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts the creation, fate, and prophesied end of the world through the visions of a seeress.
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A.
Hávamál
Hávamál is an Old Norse poem attributed to Odin that offers wisdom, ethical guidelines, and practical advice, and is one of the most famous and influential works in the Poetic Edda.
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B.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Old Norse mythological poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts a wisdom contest between the god Odin and the giant Vafþrúðnir.
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C.
Baldrs draumar
Baldrs draumar is an Old Norse Eddic poem that recounts Odin’s journey to the underworld to uncover the ominous dreams foretelling the death of his son Baldr.
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D.
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a medieval Icelandic collection of anonymous Old Norse poems that preserves many of the central myths, heroic legends, and cosmological beliefs of Norse mythology.
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E.
Edda
Edda is an Italian given name most notably borne by Edda Mussolini, the eldest daughter of dictator Benito Mussolini.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Norse poem
ⓘ
eddic poem ⓘ mythological poem ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 10th century ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
coming of a mighty one from above
ⓘ
doom of the gods ⓘ Fimbulwinter ⓘ
surface form:
fimbulwinter
rebirth of the world ⓘ world fire at Ragnarök ⓘ Yggdrasil ⓘ
surface form:
world tree Yggdrasill
|
| culturalContext | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| describes |
Ragnarok
ⓘ
surface form:
Ragnarök
creation of the world ⓘ fate of the gods ⓘ renewal of the world after Ragnarök ⓘ |
| genre | mythological poetry ⓘ |
| influenced | modern interpretations of Norse mythology ⓘ |
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| mentionsCreature |
Fenrir
ⓘ
Jormungandr ⓘ
surface form:
Jörmungandr
Níðhöggr ⓘ |
| mentionsDeity |
Baldr
ⓘ
Freyja ⓘ Freyr ⓘ Heimdall ⓘ
surface form:
Heimdallr
Loki ⓘ Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ Týr ⓘ |
| mentionsPlace |
Gimlé
ⓘ
Hel ⓘ Miðgarðr ⓘ Vigríðr ⓘ Asgard ⓘ
surface form:
Ásgarðr
|
| meter | fornyrðislag ⓘ |
| narratedBy | völva ⓘ |
| narratedTo | Odin ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | about 60 ⓘ |
| openingWords | Hljóðs bið ek allar kindir ⓘ |
| partOf | Poetic Edda ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Codex Regius
ⓘ
Hauksbók ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
cosmogony
ⓘ
eschatology ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | medieval Iceland ⓘ |
| scholarlySignificance | key source for reconstruction of Old Norse religion ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Prophecy of the Seeress ⓘ |
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: Völuspá Description of subject: Völuspá is a foundational Old Norse poem in the Poetic Edda that recounts the creation, fate, and prophesied end of the world through the visions of a seeress.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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