Relationships
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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)'}
43 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_DEAD"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | Ammit ENT_EGY_AMMIT | causes_affliction | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Ammit devours the condemned dead in judgment contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 298 | Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Osiris presides over judgment of the dead. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 299 | Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Thoth records or mediates judgment of the dead. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 301 | Maat ENT_EGY_MAAT | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | The dead are judged according to Maat/truth/order. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 306 | Aeacus ENT_AEACUS | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Aeacus is one of the judges of the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 308 | Anubis ENT_EGY_ANUBIS | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Anubis guides and tends the dead in funerary contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 309 | Charon ENT_CHARON | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Charon ferries the dead across underworld waters. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 310 | Hades ENT_HADES | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Hades rules the underworld; judgment role varies by source and should be reviewed. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 311 | Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Hermes Chthonios functions as psychopomp guiding the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 312 | Minos ENT_MINOS | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Minos is one of the judges of the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 314 | Rhadamanthus ENT_RHADAMANTHUS | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Rhadamanthus is one of the judges of the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 318 | Wepwawet ENT_EGY_WEPWAWET | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Wepwawet opens ways and is associated with funerary procession and passage. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 319 | Anubis ENT_EGY_ANUBIS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Anubis protects and tends the dead. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 320 | Bes ENT_EGY_BES | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Bes has protective/apotropaic associations that can extend into funerary contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 321 | Hades ENT_HADES | belongs_to_realm | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Hades rules the realm of the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 322 | Hecate ENT_HECATE | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Hecate is associated with liminal, ghostly, and chthonic protection. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 323 | Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Hermes Chthonios guides and mediates for the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 324 | Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Isis protects and restores the dead in Osirian funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 325 | Nephthys ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Nephthys is a funerary protector and mourner. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 326 | Persephone ENT_PERSEPHONE | belongs_to_realm | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Persephone is queen of the underworld and associated with the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 327 | Serqet ENT_EGY_SERQET | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Serqet protects the dead in funerary and canopic contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 453 | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | rules | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Ereshkigal rules the underworld and the dead. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 454 | Galla ENT_MES_GALLA | causes_affliction | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Galla demons are underworld demons associated with death and seizure. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 502 | Rephaim ENT_CAN_REPHAIM | embodies | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | The Rephaim are ancestral/heroic dead. | Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_UGARIT_DDD | reviewed | |
| 531 | Sheol ENT_ISR_SHEOL | belongs_to_realm | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Sheol is associated with the dead. | Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE | reviewed | |
| 780 | Manes ENT_ROM_MANES | embodies | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Manes are spirits of the dead. | Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD | reviewed | |
| 842 | Valkyries ENT_NOR_VALKYRIES | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Valkyries choose the slain/dead. | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | reviewed | |
| 843 | Hel ENT_NOR_HEL | belongs_to_realm | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Hel is associated with the dead. | Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA | reviewed | |
| 886 | Fravashis ENT_ZOR_FRAVASHIS | embodies | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Fravashis are associated with souls/ancestors in Zoroastrian tradition. | Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS | reviewed | |
| 914 | Abathur ENT_MAN_ABATHUR | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Abathur weighs or judges souls/dead. | Ginza Rba SRC_GINZA_RBA | reviewed | |
| 982 | Nakir ENT_ISL_NAKIR | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Nakir questions the dead in the grave. | Hadith general reference layer SRC_HADITH_GENERAL | reviewed | |
| 983 | Munkar ENT_ISL_MUNKAR | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Munkar questions the dead in the grave. | Hadith general reference layer SRC_HADITH_GENERAL | reviewed | |
| 1229 | Thanatos ENT_THANATOS | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Thanatos is the Greek personification of death who escorts souls at the moment of dying. | Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES | reviewed | |
| 1230 | Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Mercury serves as psychopomp in Roman religion, conducting souls to the underworld as Roman counterpart to Hermes. | Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS | reviewed | |
| 1231 | Angel of Death ENT_ISR_ANGEL_OF_DEATH | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | The Angel of Death escorts souls at death in Israelite and Second Temple tradition. | Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE | reviewed | |
| 1232 | Sraosha ENT_ZOR_SRAOSHA | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Sraosha accompanies the soul of the righteous to the Chinvat Bridge for judgment (Hadhokht Nask, Avesta). | Avesta SRC_AVESTA | reviewed | |
| 1233 | Malak al-Mawt ENT_ISL_MALAK_AL_MAWT | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Malak al-Mawt (Angel of Death) takes souls at the moment of death (Quran 32:11). | Qur’an SRC_QURAN | reviewed | |
| 1234 | Azrail ENT_ISL_AZRAIL | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Azrail is the named Angel of Death in Hadith tradition who receives and escorts souls at death. | Hadith general reference layer SRC_HADITH_GENERAL | reviewed | |
| 1773 | Charun ENT_ETR_CHARUN | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | De Grummond (2006): Charun functions as an active escort/coercer of souls into the underworld — distinct from the passive Greek Charon; he compels the dead rather than merely ferrying them. | De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2006) SRC_DEGRUMMOND_ETRUSCAN | approved | |
| 2319 | Zalmoxis ENT_THRA_ZALMOXIS | patron_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | The core of the Zalmoxis cult as reported by Herodotus 4.94-95: the Getae believe they do not die but go to Zalmoxis, who is their deity of immortality and afterlife. The four-year messenger ritual (throwing a man onto spears to communicate with Zalmoxis) confirms his role as the sovereign of the dead and the revealer of immortality. Herodotus 4.94-96. | Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES | reviewed | Thracian Iron Age and Classical Period PER_THRA_IRON_AGE |
| 2387 | Inshushinak ENT_ELAM_INSHUSHINAK | patron_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Inshushinak is explicitly "lord of the dead" in Elamite sources — his judicial function encompasses the fate of souls after death, a role consistent with his position as the supreme city deity of Susa (a major funerary cult center) and with the underworld associations of ancient Near Eastern city gods who control the boundary between living and dead. The "Sit-shamshi" bronze ritual scene from Susa (depicting funerary rites) is associated with his cult. Potts (1999) p. 273. | 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 | Kingdom of Elam PER_ELAM_CLASSICAL |
| 2612 | Virgin of the Light ENT_PS_VIRGIN_LIGHT | judges | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | The Virgin of the Light examines and judges the souls of the dead. | Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_PISTIS_SOPHIA | reviewed | Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH |
| 2614 | Receivers of the Light ENT_PS_RECEIVERS | guides | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | The receivers convey souls upward to the Light or back to the sphere of rebirth. | Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_PISTIS_SOPHIA | reviewed | Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH |
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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]);