Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

3 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_ARA_ALLAT"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1521 Athena ENT_ATHENA equated_with Al-Lat ENT_ARA_ALLAT high [RETYPED v2.1.60 reception_of->equated_with, medium->high: the evidence (Greek-era identifications of Allat with Athena, e.g. the Palmyrene/Nabataean iconography Healey surveys) is interpretatio, not a derivation of the Greek goddess. Mirror of edge 4293.] Athena as the Greek identification for the north Arabian Al-Lat; Palmyrene inscriptions explicitly equate the two; warrior-wisdom function is the primary basis. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION needs_review Hellenistic Period PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC
2397 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE equated_with Al-Lat ENT_ARA_ALLAT high [RETYPED v2.1.60 reception_of->equated_with: mirror of the Hdt 3.8 Alilat = Aphrodite Urania equation ("and Urania they call Alilat", Macaulay, PG #2707, verified verbatim 2026-07-01); Greek Aphrodite does not derive from Allat.] In Herodotus's interpretatio graeca (Histories 3.8), the Greek understanding of Aphrodite Ourania (Heavenly Aphrodite) was identified with the north Arabian goddess Alilat/Al-Lat — one of the earliest documented Greek-Arabian divine equations. This reflects the ancient perception that Aphrodite Ourania and the Arabian great goddess shared the celestial Venus/morning-star domain. The relationship is consistent with the broader Semitic great goddess complex (Astarte, Inanna/Ishtar, Al-Uzza, Al-Lat) all sharing the Venus star identification. SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES 3.8. Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES needs_review Pre-Islamic Arabia (Jahiliyyah) PER_ARA_PRE_ISLAMIC
4379 Allat of Palmyra ENT_ARA_ALLAT_PALMYRA equated_with Al-Lat ENT_ARA_ALLAT high The Palmyrene Allat is the local cult form of the wider Arab goddess Al-Lat. Javier Teixidor, The Pantheon of Palmyra SRC_TEIXIDOR_PALMYRA reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);