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'}

6 rows where period_id = "PER_DISCORDIAN"

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ENT_DIS_DISCORDIANISM,PER_DISCORDIAN Discordianism ENT_DIS_DISCORDIANISM Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high Tradition-hub. Discordianism is an absurdist/parody religion founded 1958-63 by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley and codified in the Principia Discordia; genuinely practiced worldwide (cabals, ordinations, the 'every man a Pope' ethos) and influential on chaos magic. Attested in the Principia Discordia and treated as a sincerely-held invented religion in Cusack 2010. SRC_CUSACK_INVENTED_RELIGIONS reviewed
ENT_DIS_ERIS,PER_DISCORDIAN Eris (Discordian Goddess of Chaos) ENT_DIS_ERIS Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high The Discordian Eris/Discordia, central deity venerated by practicing Discordians as the benevolent Goddess of Chaos. An explicit modern reception of the ancient Greek Eris (ENT_ERIS); modeled neutrally as the sincerely-held object of Discordian devotion per the Principia Discordia. Homonym of, and reception_of, ENT_ERIS (Greek). SRC_PRINCIPIA_DISCORDIA reviewed
ENT_DIS_GOLDEN_APPLE,PER_DISCORDIAN The Golden Apple of Discord (Discordian) ENT_DIS_GOLDEN_APPLE Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high The golden apple inscribed 'kallisti' ('to the prettiest one'), revered in Discordian practice as Eris's defining relic and a sign of fruitful discord. A reception of the apple from the Greek Judgment of Paris myth, recontextualized in the Principia Discordia. SRC_PRINCIPIA_DISCORDIA reviewed
ENT_DIS_GREYFACE,PER_DISCORDIAN Greyface ENT_DIS_GREYFACE Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high The personified spirit of grim order and life-denying seriousness in Discordian myth; a man of c.1166 BC said to have taught that life is serious and play is wrong, originating 'the Curse of Greyface.' The doctrinal antagonist of Eris/chaos; attested in the Principia Discordia. SRC_PRINCIPIA_DISCORDIA reviewed
ENT_DIS_LAW_OF_FIVES,PER_DISCORDIAN The Law of Fives ENT_DIS_LAW_OF_FIVES Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high Core Discordian doctrine that all things happen in fives, or are divisible by or related to five (the 'Law of Fives is never wrong' precisely because one can always find fives). Practiced as a half-serious interpretive/numerological lens; attested in the Principia Discordia. SRC_PRINCIPIA_DISCORDIA reviewed
ENT_DIS_SACRED_CHAO,PER_DISCORDIAN The Sacred Chao ENT_DIS_SACRED_CHAO Discordian Era (Principia Discordia to present) PER_DISCORDIAN high Core Discordian symbol (a yin-yang-like figure bearing the Apple of Discord and the Pentagon), used devotionally/ritually as the emblem of the interplay of order and disorder. Attested in the Principia Discordia. SRC_PRINCIPIA_DISCORDIA 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]);