Hogfather
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Hogfather is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series that satirically explores belief, myth, and the nature of reality through a darkly comic take on a winter holiday deity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hogfather canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6796077 — 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: Hogfather Context triple: [Discworld, notableWorkInSeries, Hogfather]
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A.
Good Omens
Good Omens is a comedic fantasy novel about an angel and a demon teaming up to prevent the apocalypse, co-written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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B.
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe, continuing the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the naive tourist Twoflower.
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C.
Discworld
Discworld is a long-running satirical fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett, set on a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle.
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D.
Neverwhere
Neverwhere is a dark urban fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman that explores a hidden, magical underworld beneath the streets of London.
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E.
Fludd
Fludd is a darkly comic novel by Hilary Mantel that explores faith, doubt, and small-town Catholic life in a remote English village.
- 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: Hogfather Target entity description: Hogfather is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series that satirically explores belief, myth, and the nature of reality through a darkly comic take on a winter holiday deity.
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A.
Good Omens
Good Omens is a comedic fantasy novel about an angel and a demon teaming up to prevent the apocalypse, co-written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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B.
The Light Fantastic
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel set in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld universe, continuing the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind and the naive tourist Twoflower.
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C.
Discworld
Discworld is a long-running satirical fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett, set on a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle.
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D.
Neverwhere
Neverwhere is a dark urban fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman that explores a hidden, magical underworld beneath the streets of London.
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E.
Fludd
Fludd is a darkly comic novel by Hilary Mantel that explores faith, doubt, and small-town Catholic life in a remote English village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Discworld novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | Sky One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| adaptationStars |
David Jason
NERFINISHED
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Ian Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Michelle Dockery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | assassination attempt on the Hogfather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Josh Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discworldNumberInPublicationOrder | 20 ⓘ |
| discworldSubseries | Death novels ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
anthropomorphic personifications
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childhood belief ⓘ consumerism at winter holidays ⓘ power of stories ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Albert
NERFINISHED
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Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Hex NERFINISHED ⓘ Hogfather (Discworld character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Sto Helit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Auditors NERFINISHED ⓘ The Death of Rats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fantasy
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fantasy ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Hogfather (TV adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHolidayAnalog | Hogswatch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseHolidayType | winter festival ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
belief
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myth ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| parodies |
Christmas traditions
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Santa Claus myth ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Discworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Death stands in for the Hogfather ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInFictionalUniverse | Discworld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hogfather Description of subject: Hogfather is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series that satirically explores belief, myth, and the nature of reality through a darkly comic take on a winter holiday deity.
Referenced by (1)
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