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).

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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)'}

11 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_CAN_ASTARTE"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1368 Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR received_as Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Inanna/Ishtar (Mesopotamian love/war goddess) received as Astarte (ʿṯtrt) in Canaanite tradition. Both rule love, fertility, and warfare; name Astarte is cognate with Ashtart/Ishtar. DDD_BIBLE s.v. "Ashtoreth" and "Astarte" traces the Mesopotamian origin and Canaanite reception of the love-war goddess figure. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_UGARIT_DDD reviewed Canaanite Bronze Age PER_CAN_BRONZE_AGE
1385 Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Aphrodite as Greek reception of Phoenician Astarte via Cyprus; cult continuity at Paphos, Herodotus's identification of the Phoenician origin, and shared love/war dual role confirm the transmission. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
1519 Al-Uzza ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Al-Uzza as the north Arabian reception of the Semitic love/Venus goddess tradition flowing from Canaanite Astarte; Venus identification and war/love duality are the shared functional core. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION reviewed Pre-Islamic Arabia (Jahiliyyah) PER_ARA_PRE_ISLAMIC
1540 Athtar ENT_SAB_ATHTAR reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE low South Arabian Athtar as a related form of the Semitic Venus deity complex cognate with Canaanite Astarte/Ugaritic ʿAttar; the masculine gender is the South Arabian distinguishing feature. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Sabaean and South Arabian Period PER_SABAEAN
2308 Ashtar-Kemosh ENT_MOA_ASHTAR_KEMOSH aligned_with Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium The Ashtar element of Ashtar-Kemosh shares its divine name with Ugaritic Athtar and the broader Astarte/Ishtar tradition. The warrior aspect of the Astarte-cycle deity is the element relevant here. Cross (1973) p. 229. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Iron Age Transjordanian PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE
2376 Atargatis ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE high Atargatis is the Aramean reception of the West Semitic love/war goddess whose canonical Canaanite/Phoenician form is Astarte (Ashtart). The first element of Atargatis's theonym — Atar — is the Aramaic form of Ashtart/Astarte, making the etymology itself the evidence for the reception. The goddess retains Astarte's core domains (love, fertility, sovereignty) while incorporating additional aspects (sacred fish, prophetic oracles, the galli cult) that develop distinctively in the Syrian Aramean context. The spread of the Atargatis cult across the Hellenistic world replicates the earlier spread of Astarte through Phoenician trade routes. Lipiński (2000) pp. 589-592. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS reviewed Aramean and Syrian Hellenistic Religion PER_ARA_IRON_AGE
2496 Uni ENT_ETR_UNI aligned_with Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE high The Pyrgi Gold Tablets (c. 500 BCE), a bilingual Etruscan-Phoenician dedication, explicitly identify Uni with the Phoenician goddess Astarte — a directly attested ancient equation. Pyrgi Gold Tablets (c. 500 BCE) SRC_PYRGI_TABLETS reviewed  
3492 Adonis ENT_PHO_ADONIS consort_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE high Adonis of Byblos, consort of Astarte. Philo of Byblos, Phoenician History (Sanchuniathon), via Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica 1.9-10 SRC_PHILO_BYBLOS reviewed  
3637 Baalat Gebal ENT_PHO_BAALAT_GEBAL aligned_with Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Baalat Gebal, the Lady of Byblos, akin to Astarte. Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (KAI), ed. Donner & Röllig SRC_KAI reviewed  
4510 Astaroth ENT_GOE_ASTAROTH reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE high Astaroth is the demonized, masculinized reception of the Canaanite goddess Astarte/Ashtoreth. The Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton), Book I: Ars Goetia; ed. S. L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley (1904) SRC_LEMEGETON reviewed  
7403 Astronoe ENT_LEV_ASTRONOE equated_with Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium Damascius' Sidonian Astronoe is widely identified as a hellenized aspect of Astarte in her healing-cult role; ancient interpretatio equation. Object ENT_CAN_ASTARTE confirmed. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE 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]);