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)'}

9 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1334 Hermes ENT_HERMES received_as Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS high Greek Hermes received as Hermes Trismegistus in the Hellenistic Greco-Egyptian synthesis; his attributes (psychopomp, messenger, patron of wisdom) were merged with Egyptian Thoth. Corpus Hermeticum SRC_CORPUS_HERMETICUM reviewed Hermetic Hellenistic Period PER_HER_HELLENISTIC
1335 Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH received_as Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS high Egyptian Thoth received as Hermes Trismegistus in Hellenistic interpretatio; Thoth's roles as scribe, wisdom deity, and master of magic were absorbed into the Hermetic figure. Corpus Hermeticum SRC_CORPUS_HERMETICUM reviewed Hermetic Hellenistic Period PER_HER_HELLENISTIC
1351 Baphomet (Lévi) ENT_REC_BAPHOMET_LEVI reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS medium Lévi's Baphomet is partly a reception of the Hermetic tradition of occult synthesis personified in Hermes Trismegistus. Éliphas Lévi, Dogme et rituel de la haute magie (Paris: Germer Baillière, 1854-1856) SRC_LEVI_DOGME_RITUEL reviewed 19th Century Occultism PER_19C_OCCULT
1354 Mahatmas (Theosophical Masters of Wisdom) ENT_REC_MAHATMAS reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS low The Mahatmas concept partially draws on the Hermetic tradition of hidden wisdom-transmitters, though Blavatsky's immediate framing is Hindu/Buddhist. Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine (London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1888) SRC_BLAVATSKY_SECRET_DOCTRINE reviewed 19th Century Occultism PER_19C_OCCULT
1437 Idris ENT_ISL_IDRIS reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS medium Idris as Islamic reception of Hermes Trismegistus in Islamic-Hermetic philosophical tradition; identified by 9th-12th century Islamic thinkers as the primordial prophet of wisdom, alchemy, and the sciences. Kevin van Bladel, The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet of Science (Oxford University Press, 2009) SRC_VAN_BLADEL_ARABIC_HERMES reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
6653 Hermes Trismegistus (=Idris) as Harranian Prophet-Sage ENT_HRN_HERMES_TRISMEGISTUS reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS high The Harranian Sabians received Hermes Trismegistus of the Greco-Egyptian Hermetica as their founding prophet-sage (Green; Fihrist). Tamara M. Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed  
7636 Philosophical Mercury ENT_ALC_MERCURY_PHIL reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS medium Philosophical Mercury (Mercurius) draws its name and authority from the Hermetic tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary father of the art; a reception, not identity (homonym noted). C. G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works vol. 12, 1944/1968) SRC_JUNG_PSYCH_ALCHEMY reviewed  
7637 The Alchemical Principles ENT_ALC_PRINCIPLES reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS medium Western alchemy frames itself as the Hermetic art received from Hermes Trismegistus, whose Emerald Tablet underwrites its principles. Lyndy Abraham, A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery (Cambridge University Press, 1998) SRC_ABRAHAM_ALCH_IMAGERY reviewed  
7667 The Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross (Rosicrucianism) ENT_MAS_ROSICRUCIAN reception_of Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS high Rosicrucianism is heavily Hermetic, taking up the prisca theologia of Hermes Trismegistus as a wisdom source. Frances A. Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972) SRC_YATES_ROSICRUCIAN 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]);