Maw
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The Maw is a terrifying end-of-the-line afterlife prison in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, where the most irredeemable souls are eternally tormented under the Jailer’s dominion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11547121 — 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: Maw Context triple: [Shadowlands, threatenedBy, Maw]
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A.
Mawani
Mawani is Saudi Arabia’s national ports authority, responsible for overseeing, regulating, and developing the country’s seaport infrastructure and operations.
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B.
Mawteni
Mawteni is an alternative Romanized spelling of "Mawtini," the famous Arabic patriotic poem and anthem widely associated with Palestinian and Iraqi national identity.
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C.
Mawé
Mawé is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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D.
Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
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E.
Mawanella
Mawanella is a town in central Sri Lanka known as a key transit point on the Colombo–Kandy road and for its surrounding rubber and tea plantations.
- 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: Maw Target entity description: The Maw is a terrifying end-of-the-line afterlife prison in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, where the most irredeemable souls are eternally tormented under the Jailer’s dominion.
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A.
Mawani
Mawani is Saudi Arabia’s national ports authority, responsible for overseeing, regulating, and developing the country’s seaport infrastructure and operations.
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B.
Mawteni
Mawteni is an alternative Romanized spelling of "Mawtini," the famous Arabic patriotic poem and anthem widely associated with Palestinian and Iraqi national identity.
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C.
Mawé
Mawé is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Sateré-Mawé people of the Brazilian Amazon.
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D.
Melipal
Melipal is one of the Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope array at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, used for advanced optical and infrared astronomical observations.
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E.
Mawanella
Mawanella is a town in central Sri Lanka known as a key transit point on the Colombo–Kandy road and for its surrounding rubber and tea plantations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
afterlife realm
ⓘ
location in World of Warcraft ⓘ prison ⓘ zone in Shadowlands expansion ⓘ |
| accessedVia | Oribos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignment | cosmology: Death ⓘ |
| appearsIn | World of Warcraft: Shadowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGame | World of Warcraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jailer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Torghast, Tower of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | Torghast, Tower of the Damned NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmicRole | sink for the most dangerous souls in the Shadowlands ⓘ |
| currency | Stygia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enemyType |
Mawsworn Forsworn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mawsworn Kyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ various tormented souls ⓘ |
| factionPresence | Covenants of the Shadowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Warcraft universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameContentType | endgame zone ⓘ |
| governedBy | Jailer ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
Mawsworn
ⓘ
damned souls ⓘ |
| introducedInPatch | World of Warcraft patch 9.0.1 (Shadowlands pre-patch) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContext | English name "The Maw" used in-game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shadowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mechanic | Eye of the Jailer threat system ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting for the Jailer storyline
ⓘ
origin point of many threats to the Shadowlands ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being end-of-the-line afterlife prison
ⓘ
harsh and inescapable punishment ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Covenant forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
champions of Azeroth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shadowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playerInteraction |
area for collecting Stygia currency
ⓘ
zone for quests and endgame activities ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
afterlife prison for irredeemable souls
ⓘ
eternal torment of condemned souls ⓘ |
| relatedLocation |
Desmotaeron
ⓘ
Korthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Perdition Hold NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tremaculum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Jailer ⓘ |
| theme |
domination
ⓘ
eternal punishment ⓘ hopelessness ⓘ |
| travelRestrictions | limited mounting (initially no mounts allowed) ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
broken terrain and soul-rivers
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dark desolate landscape ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maw Description of subject: The Maw is a terrifying end-of-the-line afterlife prison in World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands, where the most irredeemable souls are eternally tormented under the Jailer’s dominion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.