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)'}

2 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
7254 Heliodromus (Sun-Runner) ENT_MITH_HELIODROMUS associated_with Sol Invictus ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS medium The sixth grade, the Sun-Runner, is placed under Sol and embodies the cult's solar courier symbolism, linking the grade system to Sol Invictus. Clauss ch.10, ch.12. Manfred Clauss, The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries (tr. R. Gordon, Routledge 2000) SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS reviewed  
7363 Sol Invictus Elagabal ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS_ELAGABAL aligned_with Sol Invictus ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS medium Elagabalus's short-lived Sol Invictus Elagabal (218-222 CE) is the solar precursor to and shares the Sol Invictus title with Aurelian's official Sol Invictus (274 CE), though they are distinct cults. 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]);