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)'}

6 rows where period_id = "PER_EAST_ORTHODOX"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
8073 Perun ENT_SLAV_PERUN received_as Elijah ENT_ISR_ELIJAH medium Folk-religious substitution after the conversion of Rus (988 CE): Perun's thunder functions passed to the prophet Elijah — "Ilya the Prophet", whose chariot rumbles as thunder in Russian folk belief (pointer: Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief, ch. 1 and s.v. Il'ia). MEDIUM: a documented functional substitution, not an identity claim. Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX
8074 Elijah ENT_ISR_ELIJAH reception_of Perun ENT_SLAV_PERUN medium Mirror of the Perun->Elijah substitution edge, scoped to the East Slavic folk cult of Ilya (Ivanits). Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX
8075 Veles ENT_SLAV_VELES received_as Blaise ENT_SAINT_BLAISE medium Folk-religious substitution: Veles/Volos, the "cattle god" (skotii bog) of the Primary Chronicle, was succeeded by St Blasius (Vlasii) as cattle patron in Russian folk Christianity; the name similarity Volos/Vlasii aided the merger (pointer: Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief). MEDIUM: functional substitution. Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX
8076 Blaise ENT_SAINT_BLAISE reception_of Veles ENT_SLAV_VELES medium Mirror of the Veles->St Blasius substitution edge, scoped to the East Slavic folk cult of Vlasii (Ivanits). Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX
8077 Mokosh ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH received_as Paraskeva Pyatnitsa ENT_ORTH_PARASKEVA medium Folk-religious substitution: Mokosh's spinning/women's-work functions were absorbed by St Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in Russian folk belief (pointer: Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief, s.v. Paraskeva Piatnitsa). MEDIUM: functional substitution. Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX
8078 Paraskeva Pyatnitsa ENT_ORTH_PARASKEVA reception_of Mokosh ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH medium Mirror of the Mokosh->Paraskeva substitution edge (Ivanits). Secondary pointer — needs review. [v2.1.60] Linda J. Ivanits, Russian Folk Belief (M. E. Sharpe, 1989) SRC_IVANITS_RUSSIAN_FOLK needs_review Byzantine and Slavic Orthodox PER_EAST_ORTHODOX

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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]);