Relationships
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- 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)'}
13 rows where period_id = "PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1564 | Atum ENT_EGY_ATUM | parent_of | Shu ENT_EGY_SHU | high | Pyramid Texts Utterance 600: Atum spat out Shu ("who spat out Shu, who expectorated Tefnut") from Heliopolis. Also PT 527, 1248 describe Atum creating Shu and Tefnut by masturbation (the "hand of Atum" tradition). Atum as the creator of the first divine pair Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture) is the foundational act of the Heliopolitan cosmogony and the root of the Ennead genealogy. | R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 1565 | Atum ENT_EGY_ATUM | parent_of | Tefnut ENT_EGY_TEFNUT | high | Pyramid Texts Utterance 600: Atum expectorated Tefnut alongside Shu. Tefnut (moisture/cosmic order) is the twin of Shu and the second generation of the Ennead; both are products of Atum's creative act at the primordial moment on the Benben hill of Heliopolis. | R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 1566 | Shu ENT_EGY_SHU | child_of | Atum ENT_EGY_ATUM | high | Shu as the firstborn of Atum; Pyramid Texts establish Shu (air/light) and Tefnut (moisture) as the first created beings, products of Atum's self-generation on the primordial mound. | R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 1567 | Tefnut ENT_EGY_TEFNUT | child_of | Atum ENT_EGY_ATUM | high | Tefnut as the twin of Shu and second offspring of Atum; Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts consistently pair Shu and Tefnut as the first created divine pair produced by Atum. | R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 1572 | Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH | spouse_of | Sekhmet ENT_EGY_SEKHMET | high | Ptah and Sekhmet form the divine couple of the Memphis Triad (Ptah–Sekhmet–Nefertem). Sekhmet ("the Powerful One") is Ptah's fierce consort and the lioness goddess of war and pestilence; their pairing unites the creative/craftsman principle (Ptah) with the destructive/protective force (Sekhmet). Wilkinson (2003) pp. 181, 212. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 1573 | Sekhmet ENT_EGY_SEKHMET | spouse_of | Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH | high | Sekhmet as the divine consort of Ptah and co-parent of Nefertem in the Memphis Triad; her marriage to Ptah joined the creative and destructive aspects of the Memphite divine order. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2427 | Naunet ENT_EGY_NAUNET | spouse_of | Nun ENT_EGY_NUN | high | Naunet is the female counterpart/spouse of Nun in the Hermopolis Ogdoad; they form the first of the four primordial pairs representing the pre-creation watery abyss. The male-female pairing in the Ogdoad system is a fundamental structural feature attested in all Hermopolitan cosmological texts. Wilkinson (2003) p. 101. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2428 | Hauhet ENT_EGY_HAUHET | spouse_of | Heh ENT_EGY_HEH | high | Hauhet is the female counterpart/spouse of Heh in the Hermopolis Ogdoad; together they personify the primordial infinity/boundlessness (the undivided whole of infinite space-time before creation). Wilkinson (2003) p. 101. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2429 | Kauket ENT_EGY_KAUKET | spouse_of | Kek ENT_EGY_KEK | high | Kauket is the female counterpart/spouse of Kek in the Hermopolis Ogdoad; together they personify primordial darkness (the absolute lightlessness before the first sunrise). Wilkinson (2003) p. 101. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2430 | Amunet ENT_EGY_AMUNET | spouse_of | Amun ENT_EGY_AMUN | medium | Amunet is the female counterpart/spouse of Amun in the original Hermopolitan Ogdoad theology. This pairing predates the New Kingdom Theban triad (Amun-Mut-Khonsu) in which Mut displaces Amunet as Amun's primary consort; Amunet retains an independent cult at Karnak and the original Ogdoad pairing. Confidence medium: the Amunet-Amun pairing is older but is complicated by Amun's later theological elevation and Mut's displacement of Amunet in Theban state theology. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 148-150. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2431 | Nun ENT_EGY_NUN | aligned_with | Apsu ENT_MES_APSU | medium | Nun and Apsu are the two nearest cross-cultural parallels for the concept of the primordial male freshwater/undifferentiated-water abyss from which creation emerges: Nun is the Egyptian primordial watery chaos (gendered male), while Apsu is the Akkadian primordial freshwater ocean (also gendered male) who mingles with Tiamat (salt water) to produce the first gods in the Enuma Elish. Both Nun and Apsu represent the primordial water-before-creation as an existential category, both are gendered male, and both precede and enable the creation of the ordered cosmos. The parallel is widely noted in comparative cosmogony scholarship. Confidence medium: both are independently developed primordial water deities with no direct historical connection; the parallel is structural/typological. Pinch (2002) pp. 167-168. | Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2432 | Nun ENT_EGY_NUN | aligned_with | Nammu ENT_MES_NAMMU | medium | Nun (Egyptian primordial watery abyss) and Nammu (Sumerian primordial sea-goddess, "the mother who gave birth to heaven and earth," Atrahasis Prologue; Enki and Ninhursag) are structurally parallel as the primordial undifferentiated water from which creation emerges and from which the creator deity is born. The parallel is noted in standard works on comparative ancient Near Eastern cosmogony. Key difference: Nun is gendered male; Nammu is gendered female (the Great Mother of Sumerian theology). Despite the gender inversion, both serve as the primordial creative matrix — the undifferentiated watery whole that precedes and enables creation. Confidence medium: independently developed traditions; structural parallel without direct historical connection. Pinch (2002) pp. 167-168. | Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
| 2433 | Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH | patron_of | Ogdoad ENT_EGY_OGDOAD | medium | Thoth is the patron deity of Hermopolis Magna (khmun, the City of the Eight), the city whose name, cosmological identity, and central religious system are the Ogdoad. The Hermopolitan tradition in some versions makes Thoth the active creative agent who gives voice to the Ogdoad's latent primordial forces — he is the divine Logos/Word who speaks the creator into existence from the primordial waters stirred by the Ogdoad. In one version of the Hermopolitan creation narrative, it is Thoth (in his form as the ibis or the sacred baboon) who lays the primordial cosmic egg from which the creator (Ra-Atum or Thoth himself) hatches at the first sunrise. The relationship between Thoth and the Ogdoad is thus that of creative mediator/patron to the primordial forces he organizes and articulates. Confidence medium: the specific tradition varies — in some versions Thoth creates through the Ogdoad; in others the Ogdoad creates independently and Thoth is simply their city's patron; in yet others Thoth is identified with the Ogdoad's collective wisdom. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 99-102; Pinch (2002) pp. 198-200. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM |
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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]);