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)'}

10 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_MES_NINHURSAG"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1505 Demeter ENT_DEMETER aligned_with Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG low Functional/typological cognate, not an attested reception (the cosmic-sovereignty/chaos parallels route through Hurrian-Hittite intermediaries or are modern comparisons; Burkert, West). Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
1583 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA paired_with Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Enki and Ninhursag (ETCSL 1.1.1) is one of the most important Sumerian mythological compositions; Enki and Ninhursag are the divine couple in Dilmun (the sacred land); their sexual encounters and the resulting chain of offspring goddesses drives the narrative; their complex relationship (creative partnership that turns to conflict when Enki eats the plants Ninhursag grew, then reconciliation when Ninhursag heals Enki's ailments) establishes them as a divine creative pair whose interaction generates life and the divine order of nature. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
3666 Shul-pa-e ENT_MES_SHULPAE consort_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Consort of the mother-goddess Ninhursag. W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Creation Myths (Eisenbrauns, 2013) SRC_LAMBERT_BCM reviewed  
3853 Ninkasi ENT_MES_NINKASI child_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG medium Healing deity born of Ninhursag in Enki and Ninhursag Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed  
3926 Belet-ili ENT_MES_BELET_ILI identified_with Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high The womb goddess identified with the mother goddess Ninhursag The Atrahasis Epic (Akkadian flood and creation-of-humanity myth), c. 1700 BCE SRC_ATRAHASIS reviewed  
4019 Lisin ENT_MES_LISIN child_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Lisin is daughter of Ninhursag and Shulpae. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4022 Ashgi ENT_MES_ASHGI child_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Ashgi is son of Ninhursag and Shulpae. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4025 Panigingarra ENT_MES_PANIGINGARRA child_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Panigingarra is son of Ninhursag and Shulpae per An=Anum and the Weidner list. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4062 Ninshar ENT_MES_NINSHAR member_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG medium Ninshar is one of the birth-helper assistants of Ninmah/Ninhursag in Enki and Ninmah. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4080 Ninti ENT_MES_NINTI child_of Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Ninti is one of the eight deities born of Ninhursag in the Enki and Ninhursag myth. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO 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]);