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_ROM_MERCURY"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1779 Esus ENT_CEL_ESUS aligned_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY medium The Bern scholia on Lucan give contradictory interpretationes (Esus = Mars OR Mercury); the equation is disputed. Lucan, Bellum Civile (Pharsalia) (c. 60–65 CE) SRC_LUCAN_BELLUM_CIVILE approved  
1785 Rosmerta ENT_CEL_ROSMERTA paired_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Duval (1976) pp. 78-82: Rosmerta is frequently paired with Roman Mercury in dedications at Trier, Metz, and Wiesbaden, suggesting a local sovereignty-couple interpretation under the Roman interpretatio. Duval, Paul-Marie. Les dieux de la Gaule (Presses Universitaires de France, 1957; rev. ed. Payot, 1976) SRC_DUVAL_DIEUX_GAULE approved  
2506 Lugus ENT_CEL_LUGUS equated_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Lugus is the Gaulish god Caesar describes as "Mercury, the most honoured god of Gaul", inventor of all arts and patron of trade; the toponym Lugdunum (Lyon) marks his cult. Miranda Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS reviewed  
3813 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN equated_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Interpretatio romana: Tacitus (Germania 9; Annals 13.57) names the chief Germanic god "Mercury"; confirmed by the weekday calque dies Mercurii -> Wodnesdaeg (Wednesday). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
7358 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Mercury Heliopolitanus is the Heliopolitan local cult-form of Mercury, assimilating the youthful Syrian son-god. 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]);