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'}

14 rows where period_id = "PER_ORISHA_ROOT"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ORI_AGANJU,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Aganju ENT_ORI_AGANJU Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of volcanic fire and the untamed wilderness, linked in oral tradition to Shango. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_BABALU_AYE,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Babalú-Ayé (Omolu) ENT_ORI_BABALU_AYE Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of contagious disease and its cure, treated with great respect; Brazilian Candomble: Omolu/Obaluaye. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_ESHU,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Eshu (Elegguá) ENT_ORI_ESHU Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Messenger-trickster who opens and closes the way between humans and orishas; in Cuba called Eleggua. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_IBEJI,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Ibeji (the sacred twins) ENT_ORI_IBEJI Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high The deified twins, honored for the special status of twins among the Yoruba. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BASCOM_IFA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OBATALA,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Obatalá (Oxalá) ENT_ORI_OBATALA Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Senior orisha of creation and moral order, associated with white. Brazilian Candomble: Oxala. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OGUN,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Ogun (Ogum) ENT_ORI_OGUN Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of iron, smithing, war and clearing the path. Publicly attested across West Africa and the diaspora; living tradition. SRC_BASCOM_IFA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OLODUMARE,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Olodumare (Olorun) ENT_ORI_OLODUMARE Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high The remote Yoruba supreme being and source of ashe; not the object of a sacrificial cult himself. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BASCOM_IFA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OLOKUN,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Olokun ENT_ORI_OLOKUN Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of the bottom of the sea and its hidden wealth, paired with Yemoja in oral tradition. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_ORUNMILA,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Orunmila (Orúnla) ENT_ORI_ORUNMILA Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of wisdom and witness to destiny, the patron of Ifa divination. Figure only; the divination corpus/odu interiors are not modeled. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BASCOM_IFA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OSHUN,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Oshun (Oxum) ENT_ORI_OSHUN Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of the river and of love and fertility, junior wife of Shango in oral tradition. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_OYA,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Oya ENT_ORI_OYA Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Orisha of storms, wind and the marketplace, guardian of the cemetery gate; wife of Shango in oral tradition. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_PANTHEON,PER_ORISHA_ROOT The Orisha (Yoruba pantheon) ENT_ORI_PANTHEON Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Collective hub for the orisha, the Yoruba divinities. Publicly attested in West African ethnography and the Lucumi/Candomble diaspora; living tradition. SRC_BASCOM_IFA reviewed
ENT_ORI_SHANGO,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Shango (Xangô) ENT_ORI_SHANGO Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Thunder-king orisha, remembered as a deified Oyo ruler; lord of lightning and justice. Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA reviewed
ENT_ORI_YEMOJA,PER_ORISHA_ROOT Yemoja (Yemayá) ENT_ORI_YEMOJA Yoruba Orisha (West African root) PER_ORISHA_ROOT high Great mother orisha, of the Ogun river in Nigeria and of the sea in the Cuban diaspora (Yemaya). Publicly attested; living tradition. SRC_BRANDON_SANTERIA 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]);