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'}

11 rows where period_id = "PER_BASQUE_PAGAN"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_BSQ_BASAJAUN,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Basajaun ENT_BSQ_BASAJAUN Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high The 'lord of the woods', a hairy wild-man spirit credited in legend with teaching agriculture and ironwork to humans. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_BASANDERE,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Basandere ENT_BSQ_BASANDERE Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high The 'lady of the woods', female counterpart of Basajaun in Basque forest mythology. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_EATE,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Eate ENT_BSQ_EATE Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Storm and fire spirit announcing tempests and floods; sparsely attested in the Basque oral record. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_GAUEKO,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Gaueko ENT_BSQ_GAUEKO Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Genius or spirit of the night who enforces that the night belongs to him and the day to humans. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_LAMIA,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Lamia (Lamiak) ENT_BSQ_LAMIA Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Female water spirits of rivers and springs, typically depicted with the feet of birds or fish. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_MAIRU,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Mairu ENT_BSQ_MAIRU Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Race of giants of Basque legend held to have built the dolmens and stone megaliths (mairubaratza). SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_MARI,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Mari ENT_BSQ_MARI Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Supreme goddess of Basque mythology, lady of the mountains who dwells in caves and governs storms, hail and the weather. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_PANTHEON,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Basque Pantheon ENT_BSQ_PANTHEON Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Collective grouping the pre-Christian Basque mythological beings reconstructed chiefly from oral tradition by José Miguel de Barandiarán in his Mitología Vasca. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Sugaar (Sugoi) ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high Male serpent or dragon spirit, the consort of Mari, associated with thunder and storms; also called Sugoi or Maju. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_TARTALO,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Tartalo ENT_BSQ_TARTALO Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high One-eyed man-eating giant of Basque folklore, a Cyclops-type figure paralleling the Greek Polyphemus motif. SRC_BARANDIARAN reviewed
ENT_BSQ_URTZI,PER_BASQUE_PAGAN Urtzi (Ortzi) ENT_BSQ_URTZI Basque Pre-Christian Period PER_BASQUE_PAGAN high DISPUTED: the word ortzi/urtzi denotes the sky/firmament and appears in weather compounds; whether it ever named a personified sky-god is contested. SRC_BARANDIARAN 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]);