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)'}

11 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_POSEIDON"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
65 Cronus ENT_CRONUS parent_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Poseidon is child of Cronus and Rhea. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
66 Rhea ENT_RHEA parent_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Poseidon is child of Rhea and Cronus. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
794 Neptune ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE identified_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Neptune is the Roman counterpart of Poseidon. Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD reviewed  
1401 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON medium Poseidon received into the Christian demonic class; explicitly named in Justin Martyr as a demon-worshipped deity. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1726 Amphitrite ENT_AMPHITRITE spouse_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Hesiod Theogony 930-932. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1766 Nethuns ENT_ETR_NETHUNS reception_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high De Grummond (2006): Nethuns is the Etruscan equivalent of Greek Poseidon/Roman Neptune; Latin "Neptunus" is widely held to be borrowed from Etruscan "Nethuns". De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2006) SRC_DEGRUMMOND_ETRUSCAN approved  
2116 Thagimasadas ENT_SCYTH_THAGIMASADAS equated_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Herodotus Histories 4.59: only the Royal Scythians worship Thagimasadas, whom they identify with Poseidon; he is not sacrificed to by common Scythians. Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES approved  
2406 Ahti ENT_FINN_AHTI aligned_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON low Ahti and Poseidon are the supreme sea deities of the Finnish and Greek traditions respectively — both rule the aquatic realm, both have a palace beneath the waters, and both require propitiation by fishermen and sailors who depend on the sea's bounty. In the Kalevala, Ahti rules the underwater domain Ahtola alongside his consort Vellamo; in Runo 5, the hero Väinämöinen encounters Ahti in the sea. This structural parallel between sea-ruling divine figures is recognized in comparative mythology. Confidence low: the alignment is typological (shared domain and role) rather than genetic or historically transmitted; Finnish and Greek traditions had no direct contact, and the parallel reflects independent parallel evolution of sea-deity roles rather than any common origin or reception chain. Kalevala, Runo 5. Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala (Kalevala taikka vanhoja Karjalan runoja Suomen kansan muinosista ajoista), expanded edition 1849; trans. Keith Bosley (Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press, 1989) SRC_KALEVALA reviewed Finnish Traditional / Pre-Christian PER_FINN_TRADITIONAL
3522 Neptune ENT_ROM_NEPTUNE syncretized_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Neptune is the Roman Poseidon. Georg Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer (2nd ed., Munich, 1912) SRC_WISSOWA_RKR reviewed  
4459 Beher ENT_AKS_BEHER equated_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Ezana's bilingual inscription renders the sea-god Beher as Poseidon — an ancient interpretatio in the source itself. Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed  
7299 Zeus Osogo (Zenoposeidon) ENT_CAR_ZEUS_OSOGO equated_with Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON high Zeus Osogo bore the title Zenoposeidon and combined attributes (trident with eagle, saltwater spring) of Poseidon, an ancient interpretatio fusing Zeus and Poseidon. Alfred Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 188, Paris, 1958) SRC_LAUMONIER_CARIE 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]);