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_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2836 Maiden of Light ENT_MANICH_MAIDEN_LIGHT aligned_with Third Messenger ENT_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER high The Maiden of Light appears with the Third Messenger to provoke the archons. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA reviewed  
6456 Maiden of Light ENT_MANICH_MAIDEN_LIGHT emanates_from Third Messenger ENT_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER high The Maiden of Light is evoked with the Third Messenger and displayed to the archons to release the Light through the seduction of the rulers. Theodore bar Konai. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA reviewed  
6457 Column of Glory ENT_MANICH_COLUMN_GLORY emanates_from Third Messenger ENT_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER medium The Column of Glory, ascending channel of liberated Light, is established within the third-creation apparatus deployed by the Third Messenger. Kephalaia. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6458 Jesus Splendour ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR emanates_from Third Messenger ENT_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER medium Jesus the Splendour is sent in the wake of the Third Messenger to awaken Adam and reveal gnosis; among the later Evocations of the saving sequence. Lieu; Kephalaia. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6464 Light Particles ENT_MANICH_LIGHT_PARTICLES rescued_by Third Messenger ENT_MANICH_THIRD_MESSENGER medium The Light Particles (the soul / Living Self mixed into matter) are the object of rescue accomplished through the Third Messenger's evocations. Kephalaia. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM 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]);