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'}

7 rows where period_id = "PER_NART"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_NART_BATRAZ,PER_NART Batraz ENT_NART_BATRAZ Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Steel-tempered chief warrior-hero of the Narts; Dumézil reads him as a Scytho-Sarmatian war-god whose steel sword cast into the sea continues the Scythian sword-cult of Herodotus's Ares (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). SRC_DUMEZIL_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_KURDALAGON,PER_NART Kurdalagon ENT_NART_KURDALAGON Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Heavenly smith of the Nart cosmos who tempers heroes (Batraz, Soslan) in his forge as one tempers steel (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). SRC_DUMEZIL_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_SAGAS,PER_NART The Narts ENT_NART_SAGAS Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high The heroic race at the center of the Caucasian Nart epic; surviving Scytho-Sarmatian-Alanic mythology attested in Ossetian, Circassian, Abkhaz and other oral versions (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). SRC_COLARUSSO_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_SATANA,PER_NART Satana ENT_NART_SATANA Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Wise matriarch and counselor of the Narts, sister-consort within the central Nart family; Dumézil links her name to a Sarmatian/Alanic prototype (Colarusso 2002). SRC_COLARUSSO_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_SOSRUKO,PER_NART Sosruko ENT_NART_SOSRUKO Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Trickster culture-hero (Ossetian Soslan/Sozyryko; Circassian Sosruko) born from stone, tempered like steel, famed for the theft of fire (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). SRC_COLARUSSO_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_SYRDON,PER_NART Syrdon ENT_NART_SYRDON Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Malicious trickster of the Narts, sower of discord and inventor of the twelve-string harp from the bones of his slain sons; the standard scholarly Loki-analogue (Colarusso 2002; Dumézil). SRC_COLARUSSO_NART reviewed
ENT_NART_UASTYRDZHI,PER_NART Uastyrdzhi ENT_NART_UASTYRDZHI Nart Saga Tradition PER_NART high Ossetian rider-god and patron of warriors and travelers, syncretized with Saint George; venerated at the festival Jeoryguba (Dumézil; Colarusso 2002). SRC_DUMEZIL_NART 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]);