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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).

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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)'}

13 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_NOR_THOR"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2291 Perkūnas ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Perkūnas and Thor are cognate thunder deities: both wield the thunder weapon against a serpentine or giant antagonist, both protect the ordered world from chthonic chaos. The PIE *perkʷ- (oak/thunder) root and the structural myth parallel are well established. Gimbutas (1963) p. 199; Greimas (1992) pp. 77-84. Algirdas Julien Greimas, Of Gods and Men: Studies in Lithuanian Mythology (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1992; trans. Milda Newman and Joseph Fitzgerald) SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN reviewed Baltic Pre-Christian Period PER_BALT_PAGAN
2302 Perun ENT_SLAV_PERUN aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Perun and Thor are typologically parallel thunder deities: both wield the thunder weapon against a chaos serpent/giant, both protect cosmic order, both are oak-associated. The structural parallel (not etymological — different PIE roots) is well established in IE comparative mythology. Brückner (1918) pp. 67-80. Aleksander Brückner, Mitologia Słowiańska i Polska (Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza, Krakow, 1918; repr. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warsaw, 1980) SRC_BRUCKNER_SLAVIC_MYTH reviewed Slavic Pre-Christian Period PER_SLAV_PAGAN
2340 Ukko ENT_FINN_UKKO aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Ukko and Thor are structurally and functionally parallel thunder deities of neighboring Northern European traditions. Both are the highest-ranking thunder gods in their respective pantheons, both associated with rain and protection of crops, both invoked against evil forces. The cognate pattern reflects shared IE/Uralic-contact origins. Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 125-130. Juha Pentikäinen, Kalevala Mythology, trans. Ritva Poom (Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 1999) SRC_PENTIKÄINEN_KALEVALA reviewed Finnish Traditional / Pre-Christian PER_FINN_TRADITIONAL
3128 Sif ENT_NOR_SIF consort_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Sif is the wife of Thor. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3142 Hrungnir ENT_NOR_HRUNGNIR slain_by Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Thor slays Hrungnir in single combat. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3721 Þrúðr ENT_NOR_THRUD child_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Thrud, daughter of Thor and Sif. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3723 Móði ENT_NOR_MODI child_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Modi, son of Thor. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3724 Magni ENT_NOR_MAGNI child_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Magni, son of Thor by the giantess Jarnsaxa. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3741 Brokkr ENT_NOR_BROKKR creator_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR low Forges Mjollnir, the hammer of Thor. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
5761 Horagalles ENT_SAMI_HORAGALLES aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Horagalles is widely regarded as a Sámi borrowing of the Norse thunder god Thor, his name deriving from Thor-karl. Scholarship on the pre-Christian Sámi noaidi religion (e.g. Bäckman & Hultkrantz) SRC_SAMI_RELIGION reviewed  
7422 Thunor ENT_ASX_THUNOR aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Thunor is the Old English cognate of Norse Thor (Thunraz). Stephen Pollington, The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England (2011) SRC_POLLINGTON_ELDER_GODS reviewed  
7444 Hercules Magusanus ENT_CGE_HERCULES_MAGUSANUS aligned_with Thor ENT_NOR_THOR medium Scholars connect the native god behind Hercules Magusanus with the thunder/strength god Donar, cognate of Norse Thor (Tacitus equated Germanic 'Hercules' with the thunderer). Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN reviewed  
7716 Heathenry (Asatru) ENT_NPG_HEATHENRY reception_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR high Thor (Mjolnir cult) is among the most actively worshipped gods in modern Heathenry. Michael F. Strmiska (ed.), Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives (ABC-CLIO, 2005) SRC_STRMISKA_MODERN_PAGANISM 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]);
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