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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_WEL_RHIANNON"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_WEL_RHIANNON,PER_CEL_IRON_AGE Rhiannon ENT_WEL_RHIANNON Celtic Iron Age PER_CEL_IRON_AGE low The etymology *Rigantona ("Great Queen") and the Epona parallel suggest her divine prototype has roots in Iron Age Celtic religion; her horse-goddess attributes (the impossible white horse, the processional approach) parallel the Gaulish Epona cult documented in Iron Age and Roman-period inscriptions; confidence is low because no direct Iron Age textual evidence for a Welsh Rhiannon-figure exists SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS reviewed
ENT_WEL_RHIANNON,PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH Rhiannon ENT_WEL_RHIANNON Medieval Welsh PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH high Rhiannon is attested in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, composed c. 1050-1120 CE and preserved in MSS from c. 1350; she is the primary sovereignty-goddess figure of the Welsh mythological tradition 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]);