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)'}

4 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
6378 Mothman ENT_VF_MOTHMAN member_of Modern Cryptids ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS high Mothman is a paradigmatic modern cryptid of the sighting-wave tradition. John A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies (1975) SRC_KEEL_MOTHMAN reviewed  
6379 Chupacabra ENT_VF_CHUPACABRA member_of Modern Cryptids ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS high The Chupacabra is a core modern cryptid of vernacular belief. Benjamin Radford, Tracking the Chupacabra (2011) SRC_RADFORD_CHUPACABRA reviewed  
6380 The Jersey Devil ENT_VF_JERSEY_DEVIL member_of Modern Cryptids ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS high The Jersey Devil is a durable regional modern cryptid. Bill Ellis, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live (2001) SRC_ELLIS_OSTENSION reviewed  
6390 Slender Man ENT_VF_SLENDER_MAN aligned_with Modern Cryptids ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS low Slender Man is the leading online-born ostensive being, sharing the sighting/menace mode with the modern cryptid cluster. Andrew Peck, 'Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age' (Journal of American Folklore, 2015) SRC_PECK_SLENDERMAN 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]);