Oxóssi
E939906
Oxóssi is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba religions, revered as the hunter deity associated with the forest, abundance, and knowledge.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oxóssi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11579914 — 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: Oxóssi Context triple: [Candomblé, hasPantheonMember, Oxóssi]
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A.
Oyá
Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
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B.
Lucumí
Lucumí is a liturgical Afro-Cuban language variety derived mainly from Yoruba, used in Santería/Regla de Ocha religious rituals.
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C.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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D.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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E.
Babalú-Ayé
Babalú-Ayé is a major Orisha in the Yoruba and Afro-Cuban religious traditions, revered as the powerful deity of disease, healing, and protection from epidemics.
- 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: Oxóssi Target entity description: Oxóssi is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba religions, revered as the hunter deity associated with the forest, abundance, and knowledge.
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A.
Oyá
Oyá is a powerful Yoruba and Afro-Caribbean orisha associated with winds, storms, the cemetery, and transformative change.
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B.
Lucumí
Lucumí is a liturgical Afro-Cuban language variety derived mainly from Yoruba, used in Santería/Regla de Ocha religious rituals.
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C.
Shango
Shango is a major Yoruba orisha revered as the powerful god of thunder, lightning, and justice, often associated with kingship and drumming.
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D.
Elegguá
Elegguá is a major orisha in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba-derived religions, revered as the trickster guardian of crossroads, doors, and destiny who controls the opening and closing of all spiritual paths.
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E.
Babalú-Ayé
Babalú-Ayé is a major Orisha in the Yoruba and Afro-Cuban religious traditions, revered as the powerful deity of disease, healing, and protection from epidemics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba deity
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deity ⓘ orixá ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
animals
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archery ⓘ focus ⓘ food ⓘ intuition ⓘ nature ⓘ prosperity ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ light green ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Bahia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Afro-Brazilian
ⓘ
Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
abundance
ⓘ
forest ⓘ hunting ⓘ knowledge ⓘ |
| element |
earth
ⓘ
forest ⓘ plants ⓘ |
| equivalent |
Oxóssi (Candomblé)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxóssi (Umbanda) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| pantheon | Yoruba pantheon ⓘ |
| religion |
Afro-Brazilian religions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Candomblé NERFINISHED ⓘ Umbanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoruba religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
bringer of abundance
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guardian of the forest ⓘ hunter ⓘ patron of intuition ⓘ patron of knowledge ⓘ protector of hunters ⓘ provider of food ⓘ |
| symbol |
animals of the forest
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bow and arrow ⓘ hunting horn ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Benin
NERFINISHED
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Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Candomblé terreiros
ⓘ
Umbanda terreiros ⓘ forests ⓘ |
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: Oxóssi Description of subject: Oxóssi is an orixá in Afro-Brazilian and Yoruba religions, revered as the hunter deity associated with the forest, abundance, and knowledge.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.