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)'}

6 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
979 Father of Greatness ENT_MANICH_FATHER_GREATNESS rules World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT high The Father of Greatness is supreme deity of the World of Light. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6460 Great Builder ENT_MANICH_GREAT_BUILDER participates_in_creation World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT medium The Great Builder constructs the New Earth / New Paradise as a repository for the rescued Light, an extension of the World of Light. Lieu. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6461 Porter ENT_MANICH_PORTER participates_in_creation World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT low The Porter upholds the cosmos fashioned by the Living Spirit from the bodies of the defeated archons, the apparatus that filters Light back toward the World of Light. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA reviewed  
6462 Father of Greatness ENT_MANICH_FATHER_GREATNESS dwells_in World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT high The Father of Greatness dwells in the Realm/World of Light with the aeons; standard Manichaean topography. Kephalaia; Psalm-Book. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
6463 Last Statue ENT_MANICH_LAST_STATUE eschatological_role World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT medium At the end the Last Statue gathers the last salvageable Light and ascends to the World of Light, sealing the separation of the two natures. Lieu. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA reviewed  
6467 Five Worlds of Darkness ENT_MANICH_FIVE_DARK_WORLDS opposes World of Light ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT high The Five Worlds of Darkness stand in eternal opposition to the World of Light; the two-principle dualism foundational to Manichaeism. Kephalaia. Manichaean Kephalaia SRC_MANICHAEAN_KEPHALAIA 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]);