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_HELIOS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1682 Hyperion ENT_HYPERION parent_of Helios ENT_HELIOS high Hesiod Theogony 371-374. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1685 Theia ENT_THEIA parent_of Helios ENT_HELIOS high Hesiod Theogony 371-374. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1770 Usil ENT_ETR_USIL reception_of Helios ENT_HELIOS high De Grummond (2006): Usil is the Etruscan sun deity, equivalent to Greek Helios/Roman Sol; depicted with solar rays on mirrors and in chariot procession; attested on the Piacenza liver. De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2006) SRC_DEGRUMMOND_ETRUSCAN approved  
2480 Saulė ENT_BALT_SAULE aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium Saulė is the Baltic reflex of the Indo-European sun deity (PIE *seh2ul-), structurally parallel to Greek Helios as a solar driver across the sky. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed  
4234 Spirit of the Sun (al-Shams) ENT_AST_SUN_SPIRIT aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium The Picatrix solar spirit is the astral-magic functional cognate of the Greek sun-god Helios. Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim), trans. Greer & Warnock; ed. Pingree SRC_PICATRIX reviewed  
4462 Elagabal of Emesa ENT_ARA_ELAGABAL aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium Elagabal of Emesa was assimilated to the sun (Sol Invictus Elagabal) in the Roman period. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS reviewed  
4858 Nakhiel ENT_REN_NAKHIEL aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium Nakhiel governs the Sun, whose Greek planetary deity is Helios. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, De occulta philosophia libri tres (1533) — incl. the Scale of Seven (Bk II.10) SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed  
4875 Och ENT_REN_OCH aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium Och is the Olympic Spirit of the Sun (Greek Helios). Arbatel de magia veterum (Basel, 1575) — the seven Olympic Spirits SRC_ARBATEL reviewed  
4915 Sorath ENT_REN_SORATH aligned_with Helios ENT_HELIOS medium Sorath embodies the raw force of the Sun (Greek Helios). Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, De occulta philosophia libri tres (1533) — incl. the Scale of Seven (Bk II.10) SRC_AGRIPPA_OCCULTA reviewed  
6632 Shamash (the Sun) of Harran ENT_HRN_SHAMASH_SUN equated_with Helios ENT_HELIOS high Greco-Roman sources and the Sabians themselves identified the Harranian Sun with Helios (interpretatio; Green). Tamara M. Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed  
7310 Apollo-Mithras-Helios-Hermes ENT_COMM_APOLLO_MITHRAS_HELIOS_HERMES equated_with Helios ENT_HELIOS high Ancient interpretatio: the Helios element of the composite theonym identifies the god with the Greek sun god. Versluys, M.J. — Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World: Nemrud Dag and Commagene under Antiochos I (Cambridge, 2017) SRC_VERSLUYS_COMMAGENE 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]);