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)'}

5 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_CAN_EL"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1377 Yahweh ENT_ISR_YAHWEH reception_of El ENT_CAN_EL medium Yahweh absorbed El's epithets (Elyon, Shaddai, Olam) and cosmic creator-father role; divine council in Hebrew scripture derives from El's heavenly assembly at Ugarit. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
3489 Shahar ENT_CAN_SHAHAR child_of El ENT_CAN_EL high One of the gracious gods born to El. Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit (KTU), ed. Dietrich, Loretz & Sanmartín SRC_KTU reviewed  
3490 Shalim ENT_CAN_SHALIM child_of El ENT_CAN_EL high One of the gracious gods born to El. Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit (KTU), ed. Dietrich, Loretz & Sanmartín SRC_KTU reviewed  
4383 Rakib-El ENT_ARA_RAKIB_EL member_of El ENT_CAN_EL medium Rakib-El, 'charioteer of El', is a subordinate of the high god El in the Samʾal pantheon. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS reviewed  
7338 Elos (Kronos) ENT_PHO_ELOS_KRONOS equated_with El ENT_CAN_EL high Elos is the Hellenized form of Northwest Semitic El; Philo's Elos corresponds to the Ugaritic/Canaanite high god El. Philo of Byblos, Phoenician History (Sanchuniathon), via Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica 1.9-10 SRC_PHILO_BYBLOS 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]);