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_NOR_NERTHUS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
3824 Njord ENT_NOR_NJORD reception_of Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS high The Vanir sea-god Njord is the later (masculinised) continuation of the continental earth-goddess Nerthus; the names are the same (*Nerthuz). Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN reviewed  
7427 Erce ENT_ASX_ERCE aligned_with Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS low Erce the Old English earth-mother is functionally aligned with the Germanic earth-goddess Nerthus described by Tacitus. Stephen Pollington, The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England (2011) SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed  
7445 Hludana ENT_CGE_HLUDANA aligned_with Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS low Hludana is an earth/fertility goddess of the Germanic North Sea coast, broadly comparable to the earth-mother Nerthus; her name is also linked to the Norse earth-goddess epithet Hlodyn. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN reviewed  
7448 Nehalennia ENT_CGE_NEHALENNIA aligned_with Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS low Nehalennia is a coastal fertility/protective goddess of the Low Countries, broadly within the Germanic fertility-goddess sphere alongside Nerthus. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN reviewed  
7569 Landvaettir ENT_NORF_LANDVAETTIR aligned_with Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS low The landvaettir, as tutelary spirits of land and fertility of place, sit in the same earth-numen sphere as the Germanic earth-goddess Nerthus; tentative thematic alignment. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN 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]);