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)'}

9 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_ROM_JUPITER"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2503 Taranis ENT_CEL_TARANIS equated_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Taranis is equated with Jupiter in the ancient sources (Lucan; dedications to Iupiter Taranucus/Taranis). Miranda Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS reviewed  
2913 Victoria ENT_ROM_VICTORIA aligned_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER medium Victoria, who crowns the victor, attends Jupiter and the triumph. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita (Books 1–10, 21–45; c. 27 BCE – 9 CE) SRC_LIVY_AUC reviewed  
2914 Fides ENT_ROM_FIDES aligned_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER medium Fides is closely linked to Jupiter as guarantor of oaths (Dius Fidius). Cicero, De Natura Deorum (45 BCE) SRC_CICERO_DE_NATURA reviewed  
3377 Veiovis ENT_ROM_VEIOVIS opposes Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER low Conceived as an "anti-Jupiter" of the underworld. Georg Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer (2nd ed., Munich, 1912) SRC_WISSOWA_RKR reviewed  
3378 Summanus ENT_ROM_SUMMANUS paired_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER medium God of nocturnal thunder, the night counterpart of Jupiter. Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed  
3496 Baal-Shamem ENT_PHO_BAAL_SHAMEM syncretized_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER low "Lord of Heaven," equated with Zeus/Jupiter. Philo of Byblos, Phoenician History (Sanchuniathon), via Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica 1.9-10 SRC_PHILO_BYBLOS reviewed  
3816 Thor ENT_NOR_THOR equated_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Interpretatio germanica: the weekday calque dies Iovis -> Thunresdaeg (Thursday) equates the thunderer Donar/Thor with Jupiter Tonans. (A distinct basis from the Tacitean Hercules link.) Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
7355 Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Dolichenus is a Roman cult-epithet/form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus assimilating the Baal of Doliche. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7356 Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Heliopolitanus is the local Baalbek cult-form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS 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]);