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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).

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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)'}

33 rows where relationship_type = "cult_form_of"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
23 Zeus Meilichios ENT_ZEUS_MEILICHIOS_CULT cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Zeus Meilichios is a chthonic/propitiatory cult form of Zeus. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
24 Zeus Ktesios ENT_ZEUS_KTESIOS_CULT cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Zeus Ktesios is a household/property cult form of Zeus. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
25 Zeus Chthonios ENT_ZEUS_CHTHONIOS_CULT cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS medium Zeus Chthonios is a chthonic form of Zeus. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
26 Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT cult_form_of Hermes ENT_HERMES high Hermes Chthonios is a chthonic/psychopompic form of Hermes. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
27 Kore ENT_KORE cult_form_of Persephone ENT_PERSEPHONE medium Kore is the Maiden form/title of Persephone, especially in mystery-cult contexts. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
242 Khepri ENT_EGY_KHEPRI cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA medium Khepri is a morning-sun manifestation related to Ra. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
248 Atum ENT_EGY_ATUM cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA medium Atum is an evening/creator solar form related to Ra in solar theology. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
599 Samael ENT_GNO_SAMAEL cult_form_of Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE medium Samael is a demiurgic/adversarial name in some Gnostic traditions. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed  
600 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH cult_form_of Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE medium Yaldabaoth is a named demiurgic ruler in Sethian/Ophite traditions. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed  
601 Saklas ENT_GNO_SAKLAS cult_form_of Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE medium Saklas is a name/title of the ignorant demiurgic ruler. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed  
2266 Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA high Aten began as an aspect or visible disk of Ra before being elevated to independent supreme deity status. The full Amarna royal titulary reads "Ra-Horakhty who rejoices in the Horizon in his name Shu who is Aten," explicitly linking Aten to Ra-Horakhty. Murnane (1995); Wilkinson (2003) p. 236. William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1995) SRC_MURNANE_AMARNA reviewed  
2307 Ashtar-Kemosh ENT_MOA_ASHTAR_KEMOSH cult_form_of Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH medium The compound name Ashtar-Kemosh (Mesha Stele line 17) most plausibly represents Kemosh in a specific warrior/destructive cult manifestation — the same deity in his ḥērem (sacred destruction) aspect. The Ashtar element (Ugaritic Athtar, the warrior Venus) qualifies Kemosh's function in the context of sacred battle. Dearman (1989) pp. 118-120. The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone), c. 840 BCE; ed. John A. Dearman, Studies in the Mesha Inscription and Moab (Scholars Press / ASOR, Atlanta, 1989) SRC_MESHA_STELE reviewed Iron Age Transjordanian PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE
2806 Ancient of Days ENT_ISR_ANCIENT_OF_DAYS cult_form_of Yahweh ENT_ISR_YAHWEH high The Ancient of Days is a theophanic form of the God of Israel. The Hebrew Bible / Tanakh (primary text; Masoretic Text tradition; reference editions: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia / Biblia Hebraica Quinta; citations by book, chapter, and verse) SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE reviewed  
2815 Akatriel ENT_JM_AKATRIEL cult_form_of Yahweh ENT_ISR_YAHWEH high Akatriel Yah is a crowned, enthroned Name-form of the God of Israel. The Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), c. 500-600 CE SRC_BABYLONIAN_TALMUD reviewed  
3086 Protection of the Theotokos ENT_ORTH_POKROV cult_form_of Mary Theotokos ENT_SAINT_MARY high The Pokrov is a veneration-form of the Mother of God as protectress. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3267 Af-Ra (Flesh of Ra) ENT_EGY_AFRA cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA high The night/flesh form of the sun god. Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT reviewed  
3268 Mau-aa (the Great Cat of Ra) ENT_EGY_MAUAA cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA high The great cat is a form of Ra who slays Apophis. Alexandre Piankoff, The Litany of Re (Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations 4 / Bollingen XL.4, 1964) SRC_PIANKOFF_LITANY_RE reviewed  
3304 Apis ENT_EGY_APIS cult_form_of Ptah ENT_EGY_PTAH high The Apis bull is the living herald and ba of Ptah. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
3306 Mnevis ENT_EGY_MNEVIS cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA high The Mnevis bull is the ba of Ra-Atum. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
3307 Buchis ENT_EGY_BUCHIS cult_form_of Montu ENT_EGY_MONTU high The Buchis bull is the ka of Montu. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
3495 Baal-Saphon ENT_PHO_BAAL_SAPHON cult_form_of Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL high A Phoenician cult-form of Baal Hadad of Mount Saphon. Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (KAI), ed. Donner & Röllig SRC_KAI reviewed  
3833 Hereheqenu (Horus the Praiser) ENT_EGY_HEREHEQENU cult_form_of Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS medium Horus the Praiser, a Horus hypostasis in the Amduat Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT reviewed  
5936 Kubaba of Carchemish ENT_ARA_KUBABA cult_form_of Kubaba ENT_LUW_KUBABA high 'Kubaba of Carchemish' is the city-cult form of the goddess Kubaba, whose principal cult center was Carchemish. Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS reviewed  
7295 Zeus Labraundos ENT_CAR_ZEUS_LABRAUNDOS cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Zeus Labraundos is the Carian cult-form/local epithet of Zeus, the indigenous double-axe god interpreted as Zeus at Labranda. Alfred Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 188, Paris, 1958) SRC_LAUMONIER_CARIE reviewed  
7296 Zeus Osogo (Zenoposeidon) ENT_CAR_ZEUS_OSOGO cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Zeus Osogo of Mylasa is a Carian cult-form of Zeus (the indigenous god worshipped under the name Zeus Osogo). Alfred Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 188, Paris, 1958) SRC_LAUMONIER_CARIE reviewed  
7297 Zeus Panamaros (Zeus Stratios) ENT_CAR_ZEUS_PANAMAROS cult_form_of Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Zeus Panamaros/Stratios is the Carian cult-form of Zeus at the Panamara sanctuary. Alfred Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 188, Paris, 1958) SRC_LAUMONIER_CARIE reviewed  
7298 Hecate of Lagina ENT_CAR_HECATE_LAGINA cult_form_of Hecate ENT_HECATE high Hecate of Lagina is the great Carian cult-form of the Greek Hecate, the indigenous goddess venerated as Hecate at Lagina. Alfred Laumonier, Les cultes indigènes en Carie (Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome 188, Paris, 1958) SRC_LAUMONIER_CARIE reviewed  
7315 Tyche of Commagene ENT_COMM_TYCHE cult_form_of Tyche ENT_TYCHE high The Tyche of Commagene is a regional civic/territorial cult form of the Greek goddess Tyche (Fortune). Versluys, M.J. — Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World: Nemrud Dag and Commagene under Antiochos I (Cambridge, 2017) SRC_VERSLUYS_COMMAGENE reviewed  
7355 Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Dolichenus is a Roman cult-epithet/form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus assimilating the Baal of Doliche. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7356 Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Heliopolitanus is the local Baalbek cult-form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7357 Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA cult_form_of Venus ENT_ROM_VENUS high Venus Heliopolitana is the Heliopolitan local cult-form of Venus, assimilating the Syrian goddess of Baalbek. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7358 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Mercury Heliopolitanus is the Heliopolitan local cult-form of Mercury, assimilating the youthful Syrian son-god. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7402 Baal-Zebub of Ekron ENT_LEV_BAAL_ZEBUB cult_form_of Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL medium Baal-Zebub of Ekron is a local Philistine cult form of the wider Canaanite storm-god Baal Hadad (ENT_CAN_BAAL); 'Zebub' likely garbles the Ugaritic Baal epithet 'zbl/Zebul' ('Prince'). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE 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]);
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