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)'}

5 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_CEL_LUGH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1602 Lleu Llaw Gyffes ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES reception_of Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH medium Lleu Llaw Gyffes and Irish Lugh Lámhfhada are both cognates of the Gaulish deity *Lugus; all three share: the "many-skilled" / "long arm" epithet, a divine craftsman who answers every skill at once, spear as primary weapon, a fate/destiny narrative involving their birth and naming, and the defeat of a dark antagonist; Green (1992) pp. 131-132; Mac Cana (1970) pp. 53-57; the Welsh Lleu preserves the more archaic narrative framework (three tyngedau, flower-wife) while the Irish Lugh is more extensively attested Miranda Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS reviewed Medieval Welsh PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH
7466 Cú Chulainn ENT_IRH_CU_CHULAINN child_of Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH high Cú Chulainn is the son (and earthly aspect) of the god Lugh in the Ulster Cycle (Kinsella; Ó hÓgáin). Thomas Kinsella (trans.), The Táin (Oxford University Press, 1969) SRC_KINSELLA_TAIN reviewed  
7467 Cú Chulainn ENT_IRH_CU_CHULAINN reception_of Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH medium Cú Chulainn functions as a heroic, euhemerised reflex of the divine Lugh. Thomas Kinsella (trans.), The Táin (Oxford University Press, 1969) SRC_KINSELLA_TAIN reviewed  
7482 Tailtiu ENT_IRH_TAILTIU parent_of Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH high Tailtiu is the foster-mother of the god Lugh, whose funeral games became Lughnasa (Ó hÓgáin). Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, The Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend and Romance (Boydell Press, 2006) SRC_OHOGAIN_LORE_IRELAND reviewed  
7729 Modern Druidry (OBOD/ADF) ENT_NPG_DRUIDRY reception_of Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH high Lugh is honoured in modern Druidry, especially at Lughnasadh. Michael F. Strmiska (ed.), Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (ABC-CLIO, 2005) SRC_STRMISKA_MODERN_PAGANISM 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]);