Relationships
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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]);