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)'}

5 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_JM_SHEDIM"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2821 Lilin ENT_JM_LILIN member_of Shedim ENT_JM_SHEDIM high The lilin are a class of the shedim. The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), c. 500-600 CE SRC_BABYLONIAN_TALMUD reviewed  
2822 Ketev Meriri ENT_JM_KETEV_MERIRI member_of Shedim ENT_JM_SHEDIM high Ketev Meriri is counted among the harmful demons. Classical Midrash (Genesis Rabbah, Lamentations Rabbah, Pesikta, etc.), late antique SRC_MIDRASH reviewed  
2823 Mazzikin ENT_JM_MAZZIKIN aligned_with Shedim ENT_JM_SHEDIM high The mazzikin and shedim are parallel classes of rabbinic harmful spirits. The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), c. 500-600 CE SRC_BABYLONIAN_TALMUD reviewed  
5371 Dybbuk ENT_JM_DYBBUK member_of Shedim ENT_JM_SHEDIM medium The dybbuk is broadly reckoned among harmful spirits/demons (shedim) in Jewish folk demonology, though it originates from a dead human soul. Medieval and early-modern Jewish folklore (Sefer Hasidim; East European and Lurianic demonological tradition) SRC_JEWISH_FOLKLORE reviewed  
5375 Estrie ENT_JM_ESTRIE member_of Shedim ENT_JM_SHEDIM medium The estrie is a female demon of medieval Jewish folklore, classed among the harmful demonic beings (shedim). Medieval and early-modern Jewish folklore (Sefer Hasidim; East European and Lurianic demonological tradition) SRC_JEWISH_FOLKLORE 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]);