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%.

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

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_WEL_BRAN"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_WEL_BRAN,PER_CEL_IRON_AGE Brân the Blessed ENT_WEL_BRAN Celtic Iron Age PER_CEL_IRON_AGE low The Celtic severed-head cult documented archaeologically from the Iron Age (Roquepertuse, Entremont; La Tène period) provides the probable cultic substrate for Brân's speaking head tradition; Green (1992) argues for continuity between Iron Age head-cult practice and the Mabinogi narrative; confidence is low as there is no direct inscription or attestation for a "Brân" figure in the Iron Age SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS reviewed
ENT_WEL_BRAN,PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH Brân the Blessed ENT_WEL_BRAN Medieval Welsh PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH high Second Branch of the Mabinogi; the narrative's central figure; medieval Welsh literary attestation SRC_MABINOGION 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]);