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_MES_NANNA_SIN"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1589 Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL parent_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high In the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1), Enlil's union with Ninlil in the underworld produces Nanna/Sin (the moon god); this paternity is the standard Sumerian tradition for Nanna's divine parentage and is attested in hymns across the corpus. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1590 Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL parent_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high Ninlil as the mother of Nanna/Sin per the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1); her journey to the underworld following Enlil results in Nanna's birth as a child of the underworld who ascends to rule the night sky. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1592 Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL spouse_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high Ningal as the divine consort of Nanna/Sin at Ur; she intercedes with the divine assembly on Ur's behalf in the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, acting as the protective mother of the city and its people. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III
1599 Selene ENT_SELENE aligned_with Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN low Functional/typological cognate, not an attested reception (the cosmic-sovereignty/chaos parallels route through Hurrian-Hittite intermediaries or are modern comparisons; Burkert, West). Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed Hermetic Hellenistic Period PER_HER_HELLENISTIC
3662 Ningublaga ENT_MES_NINGUBLAGA child_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high Son of the moon-god Nanna/Sin. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
3663 Numushda ENT_MES_NUMUSHDA child_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high Son of Nanna and Ningal. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4381 Sin of Harran ENT_ARA_SIN_HARRAN equated_with Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high The Harranian Sin is the same moon god as Mesopotamian Nanna/Sin, transmitted into the Aramean north. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS reviewed  
4440 Napir ENT_ELAM_NAPIR aligned_with Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN medium The Elamite lunar god, functionally aligned with the Mesopotamian moon god Nanna/Sin worshipped in Elam. Daniel T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State (Cambridge World Archaeology; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999) SRC_POTTS_ELAM reviewed  
6635 Sin (the Moon) of Harran [Sabian cult-phase] ENT_HRN_SIN_MOON equated_with Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high The Harranian Moon-god derives from and is identified with Mesopotamian Nanna/Sin (cult continuity; Green). Tamara M. Green, The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD 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]);