relationship_id,subject_entity_id,relationship_type,object_entity_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status,period_id
2285,ENT_BALT_DIEVAS,paired_with,ENT_BALT_LAIMA,medium,Dievas and Laima together dispense fate in the Lithuanian folk narrative; they are sometimes depicted as partners who decide human destiny. Greimas (1992) pp. 57-75; Gimbutas (1963) p. 202.,SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN
2303,ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH,aligned_with,ENT_BALT_LAIMA,medium,"Mokosh and Laima are structurally parallel fate/weaving goddesses: both spin or weave the thread of fate, both govern birth and death, both are associated with women's domestic work. The parallel is functional, not etymological. Gimbutas (1963) p. 202; Brückner (1918) pp. 130-138.",SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH,reviewed,PER_SLAV_PAGAN
2401,ENT_BALT_RAGANA,opposes,ENT_BALT_LAIMA,medium,"In Lithuanian folk religion and demonology, Ragana and Laima represent opposing principles of fate: Laima is the benevolent fate-goddess who determines the duration and fortune of a human life at birth, while Ragana embodies the dark, inversive principle — the witch who harms newborns, causes illness, curdles milk, and brings misfortune. This opposition is documented extensively in Lithuanian folk songs (dainos), folk tale collections, and in the post-Reformation Lithuanian ecclesiastical surveys that catalogue surviving pagan customs. The Ragana/Laima opposition is structurally parallel to the universal mythological contrast between beneficent fate goddess and malevolent death/illness spirit. Greimas, Of Gods and Men (1992) pp. 58-77.",SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN,reviewed,PER_BALT_PAGAN