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_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
882 Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA opposes Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu stand in cosmic opposition. Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed  
1389 Satan ENT_ISR_SATAN reception_of Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU medium Satan's development from court accuser to independent cosmic adversary shows probable structural influence from Zoroastrian Angra Mainyu during the Babylonian exile and Persian period. Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
2747 Spenta Mainyu ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_MAINYU opposes Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high The two primal Spirits choose life and not-life (Yasna 30.3-5). Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
2750 Zurvan ENT_ZOR_ZURVAN parent_of Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU medium In the Zurvanite myth, Time fathers Ahriman. R. C. Zaehner, Zurvan: A Zoroastrian Dilemma (1955) SRC_ZAEHNER_ZURVAN reviewed  
2762 Gayomard ENT_ZOR_GAYOMARD slain_by Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high Gayomard the primordial man is slain by Ahriman (Bundahishn 4). Bundahishn SRC_BUNDAHISHN reviewed  
2764 Saoshyant ENT_ZOR_SAOSHYANT opposes Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high The Saoshyant defeats evil at the final Renovation (Yasht 19.89-96). Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
5582 Ahriman ENT_ANT_AHRIMAN reception_of Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high Steiner adopted the name and adversarial role of his Ahriman from the Zoroastrian Angra Mainyu (Ahriman). Rudolf Steiner, An Outline of Esoteric Science (Die Geheimwissenschaft im Umriss) SRC_STEINER reviewed  
6503 Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA sibling_of Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high In Zurvanism Ohrmazd and Ahriman are twin brothers, both born of Zurvan — distinct from orthodox Mazdaism where the antagonist of the destructive spirit is Spenta Mainyu, not Ahura Mazda himself (Zaehner, Zurvan, 1955). Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
7844 Drujo Demana (House of Lies) ENT_RLMX_DRUJO_DEMANA dwelling_of Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU high Drujo Demana, the House of Lies, is the abode of Angra Mainyu and the damned. Menog-i Khrad (The Spirit of Wisdom), Pahlavi text, 6th c. CE SRC_MENOG_I_KHRAD 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]);