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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)'}

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]);
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