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)'}

15 rows where relationship_type = "creator_of"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
598 Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high The Demiurge is the lower world-maker. Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures SRC_LAYTON_GNOSTIC reviewed  
884 Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high Ahura Mazda is creator in Zoroastrian theology. Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed  
986 Allah ENT_ISL_ALLAH creator_of Creation ENT_CREATION high Allah is creator in Islamic theology. Qur’an SRC_QURAN reviewed  
1625 Math fab Mathonwy ENT_WEL_MATH creator_of Blodeuwedd ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD high Math and Gwydion together conjure Blodeuwedd from oak, broom, and meadowsweet to be a wife for Lleu, since Aranrhod's fate-binding prevents him marrying a human woman; Fourth Branch The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION reviewed Medieval Welsh PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH
1626 Gwydion ENT_WEL_GWYDION creator_of Blodeuwedd ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD high Gwydion is co-creator of Blodeuwedd alongside Math; it is Gwydion who later transforms her into an owl as punishment for her betrayal of Lleu; Fourth Branch The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION reviewed Medieval Welsh PER_CEL_MEDIEVAL_WELSH
2781 Angra Mainyu ENT_ZOR_ANGRA_MAINYU creator_of Azhi Dahaka ENT_ZOR_AZHI_DAHAKA high Ahriman fashions the dragon Azhi Dahaka against the creation. Bundahishn SRC_BUNDAHISHN reviewed  
2782 Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA creator_of Spenta Mainyu ENT_ZOR_SPENTA_MAINYU medium Ahura Mazda acts through his Bounteous Spirit. Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
2896 Ptahil ENT_MAN_PTAHIL creator_of Tibil ENT_MAN_TIBIL high Tibil, the material world, is fashioned by the demiurge Ptahil. Ginza Rba SRC_GINZA_RBA reviewed  
2943 Demiurge ENT_HER_DEMIURGE creator_of Seven Governors ENT_HER_SEVEN_GOVERNORS high The Demiurge fashions the seven Governors who encompass the cosmos (CH I.9). Corpus Hermeticum SRC_CORPUS_HERMETICUM reviewed  
3007 Tiamat ENT_MES_TIAMAT creator_of Mushhushshu ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU high The mushhushshu is among the eleven monsters Tiamat creates (Enuma Elish I.140-143). Enuma Elish (the Babylonian Epic of Creation), c. late 2nd millennium BCE SRC_ENUMA_ELISH reviewed  
3009 Tiamat ENT_MES_TIAMAT creator_of Bashmu ENT_MES_BASHMU medium The bashmu (horned serpent) is among Tiamat's monster host (Enuma Elish I.140-143). Enuma Elish (the Babylonian Epic of Creation), c. late 2nd millennium BCE SRC_ENUMA_ELISH reviewed  
3741 Brokkr ENT_NOR_BROKKR creator_of Thor ENT_NOR_THOR low Forges Mjollnir, the hammer of Thor. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
4467 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA creator_of Kulla ENT_MES_KULLA high Ea forms the brick-god Kulla from clay for building rites. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4468 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA creator_of Saltu ENT_MES_SALTU high Ea creates Saltu ("Strife") from the dirt of his fingernails to humble Ishtar in the Agushaya Hymn. Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature SRC_FOSTER_MUSES reviewed  
7251 Petra Genetrix ENT_MITH_PETRA_GENETRIX creator_of Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS high Mithras is the petrogenes, born from the petra genetrix; the rock is the source of his cosmogonic birth. Clauss ch.6. Manfred Clauss, The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries (tr. R. Gordon, Routledge 2000) SRC_CLAUSS_MITHRAS 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]);