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)'}

6 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
6109 Frances of Rome ENT_LMW_FRANCES_ROME patronized_by Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS high Granted a visibly present guardian angel throughout her life. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
6375 The Old Hag (Night-Hag) ENT_VF_OLD_HAG opposed_by Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS medium Sleep-paralysis experiencers invoke prayer and guardian angels to ward off the pressing Hag. David J. Hufford, The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions (1982) SRC_HUFFORD_NIGHT reviewed  
6376 Shadow People ENT_VF_SHADOW_PEOPLE opposed_by Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS low Experiencers commonly invoke guardian-angel protection and prayer against Shadow People. David J. Hufford, The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions (1982) SRC_HUFFORD_NIGHT reviewed  
6384 La Llorona ENT_VF_LA_LLORONA opposed_by Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS low La Llorona is warded against (prayer, keeping children from water) within a Catholic folk frame invoking angelic/saintly protection. Domino Renee Perez, There Was a Woman: La Llorona from Folklore to Popular Culture (2008) SRC_PERLOFF_LLORONA reviewed  
6388 Zozo ENT_VF_ZOZO opposed_by Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS low Ouija practitioners ward off Zozo with prayer, board-closing protocols, and appeals to angelic protection. Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live (2001) SRC_ELLIS_OSTENSION reviewed  
6393 New Age Guardian Angels ENT_VF_NEWAGE_ANGELS reception_of Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS high New Age guardian angels are a direct contemporary reception of the Christian guardian-angel doctrine, reframed as personally assignable, nameable angels reachable on demand. Wouter Hanegraaff, New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought (1996) SRC_HANEGRAAFF_NEWAGE 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]);