Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

1 row where entity_id = "ENT_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR,PER_EARLY_MODERN_OCCULT The Witch's Familiar (familiar spirit) ENT_DEMX_WITCH_FAMILIAR Early-Modern Western Esoteric / Grimoire Era PER_EARLY_MODERN_OCCULT high Class hub for the low demonic attendant spirits ('imps'/familiars) in animal form (cat, toad, dog, etc.) said in early-modern English and continental witch-trial demonology (e.g. the Essex trials, Matthew Hopkins' Discovery of Witches, 1647) to be given by the Devil to suckle on the witch's mark and do her bidding. A class, not a single named being. SRC_DEPLANCY_INFERNAL reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);