Lughnasadh
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Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lughnasadh canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7591989 — 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: Lughnasadh Context triple: [Celtic mythology, associatedFestival, Lughnasadh]
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A.
Samhah
Samhah is a small, sparsely populated island in the Socotra archipelago off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea.
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B.
Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
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C.
Nuakhai
Nuakhai is a prominent agrarian harvest festival of western Odisha, especially celebrated in the Sambalpur region, marking the offering of newly harvested crops to the deities and communal feasting.
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D.
Yule
Yule is a traditional midwinter festival with pagan and later Christian associations, historically celebrated around the winter solstice in Northern Europe.
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E.
Mehregan
Mehregan is an ancient Iranian autumn festival celebrating friendship, justice, and the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, traditionally marked with feasts, gifts, and thanksgiving.
- 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: Lughnasadh Target entity description: Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.
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A.
Samhah
Samhah is a small, sparsely populated island in the Socotra archipelago off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea.
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B.
Reyvroz
Reyvroz is a small commune in the Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the French Alps.
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C.
Nuakhai
Nuakhai is a prominent agrarian harvest festival of western Odisha, especially celebrated in the Sambalpur region, marking the offering of newly harvested crops to the deities and communal feasting.
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D.
Yule
Yule is a traditional midwinter festival with pagan and later Christian associations, historically celebrated around the winter solstice in Northern Europe.
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E.
Mehregan
Mehregan is an ancient Iranian autumn festival celebrating friendship, justice, and the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, traditionally marked with feasts, gifts, and thanksgiving.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish traditional festival
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Scottish traditional festival ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ pagan festival ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Lugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture
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first fruits ⓘ harvest ⓘ |
| celebratedWith |
athletic contests
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fairs ⓘ feasting ⓘ games ⓘ market gatherings ⓘ religious rites ⓘ trial marriages ⓘ |
| etymology | Old Irish Lugnasad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Beltane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Gaelic culture
ⓘ
Irish culture ⓘ Manx culture ⓘ Scottish Gaelic culture ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Lammas
NERFINISHED
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Lughnasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lùnastal NERFINISHED ⓘ Lúnasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
bonfires in some regions
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climbing of hills and mountains ⓘ offering of first fruits ⓘ visits to holy wells ⓘ |
| honorsDeity | Lugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | modern Neopagan Lughnasadh celebrations ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Lammas in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| marks | beginning of the harvest season ⓘ |
| modernPractice | Neopaganism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Ireland
NERFINISHED
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Isle of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursIn | Northern Hemisphere summer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Celtic seasonal festivals ⓘ |
| precedes | Samhain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Celtic paganism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
gratitude for the harvest
ⓘ
transition from summer to autumn ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | pre-Christian era ⓘ |
| typicalDate | 1 August ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lughnasadh Description of subject: Lughnasadh is a traditional Gaelic harvest festival marking the beginning of the harvest season, historically celebrated with feasting, games, and fairs in honor of the god Lugh.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samhain