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)'}

11 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_EGY_PTAH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
190 Ptah-Seker-Osiris ENT_EGY_PTAH_SEKER_OSIRIS syncretized_with Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high Composite funerary deity combining Ptah, Seker, and Osiris. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
252 Seshat ENT_EGY_SESHAT paired_with Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH medium Seshat and Ptah overlap in temple foundation, measurement, and craft/order contexts. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
253 Hu ENT_EGY_HU embodies Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH medium Hu as authoritative utterance overlaps with Ptah’s creative speech theology. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
259 Neith ENT_EGY_NEITH identified_with Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH medium Neith and Ptah share creator/craft associations in some theological contexts. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
260 Nefertem ENT_EGY_NEFERTEM member_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH medium Nefertem belongs to Memphite theological groupings with Ptah. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
266 Sekhmet ENT_EGY_SEKHMET member_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH medium Sekhmet belongs to Memphite theology with Ptah in some traditions. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
1573 Sekhmet ENT_EGY_SEKHMET spouse_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high Sekhmet as the divine consort of Ptah and co-parent of Nefertem in the Memphis Triad; her marriage to Ptah joined the creative and destructive aspects of the Memphite divine order. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM
1577 Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS reception_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high Hephaestus as the Greek reception of the Egyptian Ptah; Herodotus 3.37 explicit; shared craftsman-creator attributes; Memphis = "Hephaestia" in Greek usage. Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES reviewed Late Period PER_EGY_LATE_PERIOD
3295 Imhotep ENT_EGY_IMHOTEP child_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high Imhotep was venerated as the son of Ptah. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
3304 Apis ENT_EGY_APIS cult_form_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high The Apis bull is the living herald and ba of Ptah. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
3915 Nefertem ENT_EGY_NEFERTEM child_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high Son of Ptah in the Memphite triad Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH 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]);