Perun
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Perun is the chief thunder and sky god in Slavic mythology, associated with storms, war, and justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8783286 — 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: Perun Context triple: [Slavic mythology, hasCoreDeity, Perun]
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A.
Nabo
Nabo is a diminutive form of the given name Nabil, often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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B.
Mandulis
Mandulis is a Nubian sun god venerated in the region of Lower Nubia, particularly during the Greco-Roman period.
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C.
Herse
Herse is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s distant, retrograde satellite group.
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D.
Carepa
Carepa is a municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia Department, known as part of the Urabá region and characterized by its strong agricultural, especially banana-producing, economy.
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E.
Zhmigrod
Zhmigrod is a Hasidic dynasty that traces its spiritual lineage to the Sanz Hasidic court.
- 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: Perun Target entity description: Perun is the chief thunder and sky god in Slavic mythology, associated with storms, war, and justice.
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A.
Nabo
Nabo is a diminutive form of the given name Nabil, often used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
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B.
Mandulis
Mandulis is a Nubian sun god venerated in the region of Lower Nubia, particularly during the Greco-Roman period.
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C.
Herse
Herse is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the planet’s distant, retrograde satellite group.
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D.
Carepa
Carepa is a municipality in Colombia’s Antioquia Department, known as part of the Urabá region and characterized by its strong agricultural, especially banana-producing, economy.
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E.
Zhmigrod
Zhmigrod is a Hasidic dynasty that traces its spiritual lineage to the Sanz Hasidic court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Slavic god
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deity ⓘ thunder god ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
lightning
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ oaks ⓘ rain ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| category |
Slavic gods
ⓘ
thunder gods in mythology ⓘ |
| culture | Slavic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
justice
ⓘ
sky ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ war ⓘ |
| enemy | Veles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| equivalent |
Jupiter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thor NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Proto-Indo-European root *perkwu- or *per- meaning to strike ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ ⓘ |
| function |
guarantor of justice
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guardian of oaths ⓘ protector of cosmic order ⓘ protector of warriors ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| mythologicalMotif | cosmic battle with Veles ⓘ |
| pantheonPosition | supreme deity of the Slavic pantheon ⓘ |
| relative | Veles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Christian God in Slavic regions ⓘ |
| role | chief god ⓘ |
| sacredTree | oak ⓘ |
| spouse | Mokosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol |
arrow
ⓘ
axe ⓘ hammer ⓘ oak tree ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWorship |
early medieval period
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pre-Christian Slavic era ⓘ |
| weapon |
arrows of lightning
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axe ⓘ club ⓘ hammer ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
hilltop sanctuaries
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sacred groves ⓘ |
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: Perun Description of subject: Perun is the chief thunder and sky god in Slavic mythology, associated with storms, war, and justice.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.