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)'}

12 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_CREATION"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
530 Sophia/Wisdom ENT_ISR_SOPHIA participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium Wisdom participates in creation/order traditions. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed  
597 Sophia ENT_GNO_SOPHIA participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium Sophia’s fall often triggers lower creation/demiurgic generation. Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures SRC_LAYTON_GNOSTIC reviewed  
598 Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high The Demiurge is the lower world-maker. Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures SRC_LAYTON_GNOSTIC reviewed  
632 Achamoth ENT_VAL_ACHAMOTH participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium Achamoth is involved in the emergence of lower creation through the Demiurge. Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures SRC_LAYTON_GNOSTIC reviewed  
884 Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high Ahura Mazda is creator in Zoroastrian theology. Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed  
923 Ptahil ENT_MAN_PTAHIL participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION high Ptahil participates in material/world creation. Ginza Rba SRC_GINZA_RBA reviewed  
950 Great Builder ENT_MANICH_GREAT_BUILDER participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium Great Builder participates in cosmic construction/ordering. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA reviewed  
986 Allah ENT_ISL_ALLAH creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high Allah is creator in Islamic theology. Qur’an SRC_QURAN reviewed  
1039 Adam Kadmon ENT_JM_ADAM_KADMON participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium Adam Kadmon functions as cosmic template in creation/emanation. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed  
3016 Belet-ili ENT_MES_BELET_ILI participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION high Belet-ili/Mami fashions humankind from clay in Atrahasis. The Atrahasis Epic (Akkadian flood and creation-of-humanity myth), c. 1700 BCE SRC_ATRAHASIS reviewed  
3904 Iusaaset ENT_EGY_IUSAASET participates_in_creation Creation ENT_CREATION medium As the hand of Atum, agent of the first creative act Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
4129 Ruhurater ENT_ELAM_RUHURATER presides_over Creation ENT_CREATION medium Ruhurater was regarded as a creator/fashioner deity, tutelary god of Huhnur. Daniel T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State (Cambridge World Archaeology; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999) SRC_POTTS_ELAM 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]);