sky god Anu
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Sky god Anu is the ancient Mesopotamian supreme deity of the heavens, associated with authority, kingship, and the celestial realm.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| moon god Sin | 1 |
| sky god Anu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9670326 — 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: sky god Anu Context triple: [Anu ziggurat, dedication, sky god Anu]
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A.
Telepinu (ancestor)
Telepinu was an earlier Hittite king known for issuing a famous edict that regulated royal succession and sought to stabilize the Hittite kingdom.
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B.
Nanna
Nanna is a goddess in Norse mythology, best known as the wife of Baldr and a symbol of love, loyalty, and grief.
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C.
Nanna
Nanna is the Sumerian moon god, a major deity associated with wisdom, fertility, and the measurement of time.
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D.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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E.
Ninhursag
Ninhursag is a major Sumerian mother goddess associated with fertility, mountains, and the earth.
- 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: sky god Anu Target entity description: Sky god Anu is the ancient Mesopotamian supreme deity of the heavens, associated with authority, kingship, and the celestial realm.
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A.
Telepinu (ancestor)
Telepinu was an earlier Hittite king known for issuing a famous edict that regulated royal succession and sought to stabilize the Hittite kingdom.
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B.
Nanna
Nanna is a goddess in Norse mythology, best known as the wife of Baldr and a symbol of love, loyalty, and grief.
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C.
Nanna
Nanna is the Sumerian moon god, a major deity associated with wisdom, fertility, and the measurement of time.
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D.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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E.
Ninhursag
Ninhursag is a major Sumerian mother goddess associated with fertility, mountains, and the earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian deity
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sky god ⓘ supreme deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Akkadian myths
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumerian myths ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | city of Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
authority
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celestial realm ⓘ constellations ⓘ divine kingship ⓘ kingship ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
personification of the sky
ⓘ
ruler of the highest heaven ⓘ |
| culture |
Akkadian religion
NERFINISHED
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Sumerian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ |
| domain |
heavens
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sky ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | An ⓘ |
| function |
conferring divine authority
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granting kingship ⓘ issuing decrees of fate ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hierarchicalStatus | top tier deity in Mesopotamian pantheon ⓘ |
| languageNameForm |
Akkadian: Anu
ⓘ
Sumerian: An ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mesopotamian triad Anu-Enlil-Ea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalPeriod | 3rd millennium BCE and later ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Ea
NERFINISHED
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Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishtar NERFINISHED ⓘ Nusku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
heaven
ⓘ
highest heaven ⓘ |
| role |
head of the Mesopotamian pantheon
ⓘ
supreme authority among the gods ⓘ |
| spouse |
Antu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ki NERFINISHED ⓘ Uras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol |
horned crown
ⓘ
star ⓘ |
| title |
Father of the Gods
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King of the Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord of the Constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Uruk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
temple Eanna in Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipStatus | one of the oldest Mesopotamian gods ⓘ |
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: sky god Anu Description of subject: Sky god Anu is the ancient Mesopotamian supreme deity of the heavens, associated with authority, kingship, and the celestial realm.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
moon god Sin