Sigyn
E361318
Sigyn is a goddess in Norse mythology best known for her unwavering loyalty to Loki, particularly as she stays by his side during his punishment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sigyn canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3458520 — 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: Sigyn Context triple: [Loki, spouse, Sigyn]
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A.
Angrboða
Angrboða is a giantess in Norse mythology known as the mother of monstrous beings, including the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jörmungandr, and the underworld goddess Hel.
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B.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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C.
Gullveig
Gullveig is a mysterious Vanir figure in Norse mythology whose torture and attempted killing by the Aesir helped ignite the Aesir–Vanir War and is often associated with gold, magic, and the sorcerous practice of seiðr.
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D.
Freyja
Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.
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E.
Frigg
Frigg is the Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge, and the wife of the chief god Odin.
- 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: Sigyn Target entity description: Sigyn is a goddess in Norse mythology best known for her unwavering loyalty to Loki, particularly as she stays by his side during his punishment.
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A.
Angrboða
Angrboða is a giantess in Norse mythology known as the mother of monstrous beings, including the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jörmungandr, and the underworld goddess Hel.
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B.
Gunnlöð
Gunnlöð is a giantess in Norse mythology who guards the precious mead of poetry in the mountain Hnitbjörg.
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C.
Gullveig
Gullveig is a mysterious Vanir figure in Norse mythology whose torture and attempted killing by the Aesir helped ignite the Aesir–Vanir War and is often associated with gold, magic, and the sorcerous practice of seiðr.
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D.
Freyja
Freyja is a major Norse goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, magic, and war, often depicted as a powerful and independent figure who rides a chariot drawn by cats.
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E.
Frigg
Frigg is the Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge, and the wife of the chief god Odin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Norse mythology
ⓘ
goddess ⓘ |
| actionDuringLokiPunishment |
catches venom in a bowl
ⓘ
remains at Loki’s side ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Poetic Edda
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Loki’s binding
ⓘ
Loki’s punishment ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aesir
ⓘ
Loki ⓘ |
| attestedIn | medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
patient ⓘ steadfast ⓘ |
| cosmicContext | events leading to Ragnarok ⓘ |
| culture | Norse ⓘ |
| familyAffiliation | household of Loki ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Narfi
ⓘ
Nari ⓘ Vali ⓘ |
| hasType | mythological character ⓘ |
| iconography | holding a bowl over Loki ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Loki ⓘ |
| loyaltyExhibited | remains with Loki despite his crimes ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Loki ⓘ |
| marriageType | inter-god marriage ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mythology | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Old Norse ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “victorious girlfriend” ⓘ |
| notableFor |
loyalty to Loki
ⓘ
staying with Loki during his punishment ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Aesir
ⓘ
surface form:
Aesir gods
|
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Christian Norse religion ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | comforter of Loki ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Skáldskaparmál ⓘ
surface form:
Skaldskaparmal
|
| spouseOf | Loki ⓘ |
| spouseRole | wife of a trickster god ⓘ |
| virtueSymbolized |
devotion
ⓘ
endurance ⓘ fidelity ⓘ |
| whenBowlIsEmptied | Loki is struck by venom ⓘ |
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: Sigyn Description of subject: Sigyn is a goddess in Norse mythology best known for her unwavering loyalty to Loki, particularly as she stays by his side during his punishment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.