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'}

11 rows where period_id = "PER_ANGLO_SAXON"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ASX_EOSTRE,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Eostre ENT_ASX_EOSTRE Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Dawn/spring goddess named by Bede as eponym of the month Eosturmonath, from which English Easter derives; sole near-contemporary attestation. SRC_BEDE_DTR reviewed
ENT_ASX_ERCE,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Erce ENT_ASX_ERCE Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Earth-mother addressed as 'Erce, eorthan modor' in the Old English Aecerbot (field-remedy) charm. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_FRIGE,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Frige ENT_ASX_FRIGE Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Goddess attested in the weekday Frigedaeg (Friday). Old English cognate of Norse Frigg. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_HREDA,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Hreda ENT_ASX_HREDA Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Goddess named by Bede as eponym of the month Hredmonath (roughly March); known only from that passage. SRC_BEDE_DTR reviewed
ENT_ASX_ING,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Ing ENT_ASX_ING Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Ing/Ingui, eponym of the Ingaevones, named in the Old English Rune Poem; cognate of Norse Freyr (Yngvi-Freyr). SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_PANTHEON,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Anglo-Saxon Pantheon ENT_ASX_PANTHEON Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Hub collective for the pre-Christian Old English gods reconstructed from royal genealogies, place-names, charms, Bede and Norse cognates. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_SEAXNEAT,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Seaxneat ENT_ASX_SEAXNEAT Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Divine ancestor heading the East Saxon royal genealogy; cognate of Continental Saxon Saxnot in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_THUNOR,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Thunor ENT_ASX_THUNOR Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Thunder-god attested in place-names (Thunderfield, Thundersley) and the weekday Thunresdaeg. Old English cognate of Norse Thor. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_TIW,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Tiw ENT_ASX_TIW Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high War-god attested in place-names (Tysoe, Tuesley) and the weekday Tiwesdaeg. Old English cognate of Norse Tyr. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_WODEN,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Woden ENT_ASX_WODEN Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Chief god; head of most Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies (West Saxon, Mercian lines) and named in the Nine Herbs Charm. Old English cognate of Norse Odin. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed
ENT_ASX_WULDOR,PER_ANGLO_SAXON Wuldor ENT_ASX_WULDOR Anglo-Saxon period PER_ANGLO_SAXON high Glory-god inferred from the noun wuldor and place-names; Old English cognate of Norse Ullr. SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS 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]);