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)'}

12 rows where period_id = "PER_MES_EARLY"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1580 Anu ENT_MES_ANU member_of Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI high Anu is the chief of the Anunnaki; in Sumerian theology the Anunnaki are the gods of the earth and underworld, with Anu as their divine patriarch; the term "great Anunnaki" in the Atrahasis Epic and Enuma Elish refers to the high council of gods with Anu at the apex. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1581 Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL member_of Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI high Enlil is one of the three chief Anunnaki (Anu, Enlil, Enki) who divide the cosmos between them; in the Atrahasis Epic the Anunnaki cast lots and Enlil receives command of the earth; as the lord of the divine assembly (Ubshu-ukkinna) at Nippur, he presides over the Anunnaki. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1582 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA member_of Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI high Enki/Ea is the third of the three chief Anunnaki; he receives dominion over the Abzu (the subterranean sweet water) when the cosmos is divided; he is the cleverest of the Anunnaki ("Enki surpasses all gods in wisdom" — Hymn to Enki) and frequently acts as the intermediary between the divine assembly and humanity. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1583 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA paired_with Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Enki and Ninhursag (ETCSL 1.1.1) is one of the most important Sumerian mythological compositions; Enki and Ninhursag are the divine couple in Dilmun (the sacred land); their sexual encounters and the resulting chain of offspring goddesses drives the narrative; their complex relationship (creative partnership that turns to conflict when Enki eats the plants Ninhursag grew, then reconciliation when Ninhursag heals Enki's ailments) establishes them as a divine creative pair whose interaction generates life and the divine order of nature. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1584 Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG paired_with Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA high Ninhursag as Enki's divine partner in the Enki and Ninhursag myth (ETCSL 1.1.1); their relationship alternates between creative union and conflict; Ninhursag ultimately heals the ailing Enki and is celebrated as the mother of all living things. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1585 Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR sibling_of Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL high In the Descent of Inanna (ETCSL 1.4.1), Inanna explicitly travels "toward her sister Ereshkigal, queen of the Great Below." The sibling relationship between the love goddess and the queen of death is the foundational tension of the narrative: Ereshkigal has power over the underworld that Inanna desires; Inanna is stripped of her divine attributes at each of the seven gates as she descends to face her sister. Their sisterhood makes the confrontation mythologically significant — it is the love of life vs. the finality of death embodied in divine sisters. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1586 Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL sibling_of Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR high Ereshkigal as the sister of Inanna; the Descent of Inanna establishes that the queen of the Great Below and the queen of heaven and earth are divine sisters whose domains define the cosmic poles of life/love and death. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1587 Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL spouse_of Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL high Enlil and Ninlil are the divine couple of Nippur; the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1) narrates the circumstances of their union and subsequent journey to the underworld; in Sumerian hymns and god-lists they are consistently paired as the lord and lady of Nippur. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1588 Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL spouse_of Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL high Ninlil as Enlil's consort; the divine lady of Nippur alongside Enlil; their pairing is foundational to the Nippur theological tradition and to the legitimation of Sumerian kingship. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1589 Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL parent_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high In the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1), Enlil's union with Ninlil in the underworld produces Nanna/Sin (the moon god); this paternity is the standard Sumerian tradition for Nanna's divine parentage and is attested in hymns across the corpus. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1590 Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL parent_of Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN high Ninlil as the mother of Nanna/Sin per the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1); her journey to the underworld following Enlil results in Nanna's birth as a child of the underworld who ascends to rule the night sky. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1595 Nammu ENT_MES_NAMMU parent_of Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA high In Enki and Ninmah (ETCSL 1.1.2), Nammu is explicitly described as Enki's mother: she wakes Enki to help solve the problem of the gods having to do their own labor, and calls him "my son." The Eridu cosmogonic tradition places Nammu as the primordial sea from which Enki/the Abzu emerges; this makes Nammu the generative source of Enki's fresh-water wisdom domain. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY

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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]);