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)'}
60 rows where relationship_type = "guardian_of"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Cerberus ENT_CERBERUS | guardian_of | Hades ENT_HADES | medium | Cerberus guards the realm of Hades. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 92 | Cerberus ENT_CERBERUS | guardian_of | Persephone ENT_PERSEPHONE | medium | Cerberus guards the underworld ruled by Hades and Persephone. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 216 | Neith ENT_EGY_NEITH | guardian_of | Duamutef ENT_EGY_DUAMUTEF | medium | Protective goddess association in canopic/funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 221 | Nephthys ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS | guardian_of | Hapy Son of Horus ENT_EGY_HAPY_SON_OF_HORUS | medium | Protective goddess association in canopic/funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 222 | Serqet ENT_EGY_SERQET | guardian_of | Imsety ENT_EGY_IMSETY | medium | Protective goddess association in canopic/funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 224 | Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS | guardian_of | Qebehsenuef ENT_EGY_QEBEHSENUEF | medium | Protective goddess association in canopic/funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 275 | Wadjet ENT_EGY_WADJET | guardian_of | Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS | medium | Wadjet is a royal protective cobra goddess associated with kingship and Horus. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 276 | Nekhbet ENT_EGY_NEKHBET | guardian_of | Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS | medium | Nekhbet is a royal protective vulture goddess associated with kingship and Horus. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 319 | Anubis ENT_EGY_ANUBIS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Anubis protects and tends the dead. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 324 | Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Isis protects and restores the dead in Osirian funerary theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 325 | Nephthys ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Nephthys is a funerary protector and mourner. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 327 | Serqet ENT_EGY_SERQET | guardian_of | Dead ENT_DEAD | high | Serqet protects the dead in funerary and canopic contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 1221 | Chayyot ENT_JM_CHAYYOT | guardian_of | Throne ENT_THRONE | medium | In the Hekhalot/Merkavah literature, the Chayyot are the angelic order that bears and surrounds the divine Throne in the celestial throne-liturgy. | Peter Schäfer, Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur SRC_HEKHALOT_SCHAFER_SYNOPSE | reviewed | |
| 1222 | Ophanim ENT_JM_OPHANIM | guardian_of | Throne ENT_THRONE | medium | In the Hekhalot/Merkavah literature, the Ophanim are the angelic order that bears and surrounds the divine Throne in the celestial throne-liturgy. | Peter Schäfer, Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur SRC_HEKHALOT_SCHAFER_SYNOPSE | reviewed | |
| 1223 | Hashmallim ENT_JM_HASHMALLIM | guardian_of | Throne ENT_THRONE | medium | In the Hekhalot/Merkavah literature, the Hashmallim are the angelic order that bears and surrounds the divine Throne in the celestial throne-liturgy. | Peter Schäfer, Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur SRC_HEKHALOT_SCHAFER_SYNOPSE | reviewed | |
| 1224 | Seraphim ENT_JM_SERAPHIM | guardian_of | Throne ENT_THRONE | medium | In the Hekhalot/Merkavah literature, the Seraphim are the angelic order that bears and surrounds the divine Throne in the celestial throne-liturgy. | Peter Schäfer, Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur SRC_HEKHALOT_SCHAFER_SYNOPSE | reviewed | |
| 2685 | Horos ENT_VAL_HOROS | guardian_of | Pleroma ENT_GNO_PLEROMA | high | Horos (the Limit) fences the Pleroma, restoring Sophia and separating her Enthymesis to the outside. | Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), c. 180 CE; ed. Rousseau & Doutreleau, SC 263-264, 293-294, 210-211 (Cerf, 1979-2002) SRC_IRENAEUS_AH | reviewed | Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH |
| 2886 | Shilmai ENT_MAN_SHILMAI | guardian_of | Jordan ENT_MAN_JORDAN | high | Shilmai guards the living water of the yardna. | The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans (Qolasta), trans. E. S. Drower, 1959 SRC_QOLASTA | reviewed | |
| 2887 | Nidbai ENT_MAN_NIDBAI | guardian_of | Jordan ENT_MAN_JORDAN | high | Nidbai guards the living water of the yardna. | The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans (Qolasta), trans. E. S. Drower, 1959 SRC_QOLASTA | reviewed | |
| 3277 | Saa-Set (gate-serpent of the Book of Gates) ENT_EGY_SAASET | guardian_of | Duat ENT_EGY_DUAT | high | Guards a gate of the Duat (Book of Gates gate 2). | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3278 | Teka-her (Flaming-Face) ENT_EGY_TEKAHER | guardian_of | Duat ENT_EGY_DUAT | high | Guards a gate of the Duat (Book of Gates gate 4). | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3279 | Set-em-maat-f (Guardian of the Hall of Maat) ENT_EGY_SETEMMAATF | guardian_of | Duat ENT_EGY_DUAT | high | Guards the gate before the Judgment Hall (Book of Gates gate 6). | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3289 | The Twelve Hours of the Night ENT_EGY_TWELVE_HOURS | guardian_of | Duat ENT_EGY_DUAT | medium | The hour-goddesses guide the barque through the divisions of the night. | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3738 | Gunnlöð ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD | guardian_of | Kvasir ENT_NOR_KVASIR | low | Gunnlod guards the Mead of Poetry brewed from Kvasir. | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | reviewed | |
| 3850 | Girtablullu ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU | guardian_of | Utu/Shamash ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH | high | Scorpion-men who guard the gate of the rising sun | Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH | reviewed | |
| 3851 | Kusarikku ENT_MES_KUSARIKKU | guardian_of | Utu/Shamash ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH | high | Bull-man attendant and gate-guardian of the sun-god | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 3885 | Ugallu ENT_MES_UGALLU | guardian_of | Thresholds ENT_THRESHOLDS | medium | Apotropaic lion-demon warding doorways | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 3955 | Shedu ENT_MES_SHEDU | guardian_of | Thresholds ENT_THRESHOLDS | high | Tutelary guardian of palace and gate | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 3999 | Anpiel ENT_JM_ANPIEL | guardian_of | Merkabah ENT_JM_MERKABAH | medium | Holds the keys of the heavenly palaces of the throne | 3 Enoch / Sefer Hekhalot SRC_3_ENOCH | reviewed | |
| 4000 | Hadraniel ENT_JM_HADRANIEL | guardian_of | Merkabah ENT_JM_MERKABAH | medium | Gatekeeper-prince of the way to the Merkabah | 3 Enoch / Sefer Hekhalot SRC_3_ENOCH | reviewed | |
| 4007 | Kemuel ENT_JM_KEMUEL | guardian_of | Merkabah ENT_JM_MERKABAH | medium | Gatekeeper of heaven before the throne | Peter Schäfer, Synopse zur Hekhalot-Literatur SRC_HEKHALOT_SCHAFER_SYNOPSE | reviewed | |
| 4014 | Ninegal ENT_MES_NINEGAL | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | high | 'Lady of the Palace' served as protectress of the royal dynasty and palace. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 4072 | Ninirigal ENT_MES_NINIRIGAL | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | low | She functions as tutelary protector of the Kullaba district. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 4079 | Ninura ENT_MES_NINURA | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | low | She functioned as a tutelary goddess of the Umma region. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 4153 | The Invoked Powers of the Magical Papyri ENT_PGM_INVOKED_POWERS | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | high | The Theban magical library transmits the secret ritual knowledge for compelling these powers. | Greek Magical Papyri SRC_GREEK_MAGICAL_PAPYRI | reviewed | |
| 4187 | The Seven Firmaments (Raqia of Sefer ha-Razim) ENT_JM_SEVEN_FIRMAMENTS | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | medium | The graded firmaments enclose the heavenly secrets the practitioner ascends to obtain. | Sefer ha-Razim (The Book of the Mysteries), ed. Margalioth; trans. M. A. Morgan SRC_SEFER_HARAZIM | reviewed | |
| 4205 | Margioiel ENT_JM_MARGIOIEL | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | high | Margioiel is appointed over the Sword and perceives the mysteries of above and below. | Harba de-Moshe (The Sword of Moses), ed. Gaster; trans. Harari SRC_SWORD_OF_MOSES | reviewed | |
| 4207 | Vehadrziolo (Asharuyliay) ENT_JM_VEHADRZIOLO | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | high | Vehadrziolo is appointed over the Sword and the divine mysteries. | Harba de-Moshe (The Sword of Moses), ed. Gaster; trans. Harari SRC_SWORD_OF_MOSES | reviewed | |
| 4209 | Totrisi (Totrusiyay) ENT_JM_TOTRISI | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | high | Totrisi is appointed over the Sword and the mysteries of the Law. | Harba de-Moshe (The Sword of Moses), ed. Gaster; trans. Harari SRC_SWORD_OF_MOSES | reviewed | |
| 4244 | Perfect Nature (al-Tiba al-Tamm) ENT_AST_PERFECT_NATURE | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | high | The Perfect Nature is the guardian spirit through whom the sage receives hidden wisdom in Picatrix III.6. | Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim), trans. Greer & Warnock; ed. Pingree SRC_PICATRIX | reviewed | |
| 4251 | The Thirty-Six Decans (Wujuh) of the Zodiac ENT_AST_DECANS | guardian_of | Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE | medium | The decan images encode hidden astral correspondences used by the Picatrix sage. | Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim), trans. Greer & Warnock; ed. Pingree SRC_PICATRIX | reviewed | |
| 4297 | Shai al-Qaum ENT_NAB_SHAI_AL_QAUM | guardian_of | Wealth ENT_WEALTH | medium | As caravan god he guards the trading companies underpinning Nabataean commerce. | John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION | reviewed | |
| 4314 | Isāf ENT_ARAB_ISAF | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | low | Stationed as guardian-idols of the sanctuary precinct. | Robert G. Hoyland, Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam (Routledge, 2001) SRC_HOYLAND_ARABIA | reviewed | |
| 4323 | al-Fals ENT_ARAB_AL_FALS | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | medium | His sanctuary functioned as a recognised place of asylum. | Robert G. Hoyland, Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam (Routledge, 2001) SRC_HOYLAND_ARABIA | reviewed | |
| 4382 | Rakib-El ENT_ARA_RAKIB_EL | guardian_of | Sovereignty ENT_SOVEREIGNTY | high | Rakib-El is the dynastic protector of the royal house of Samʾal. | Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS | reviewed | |
| 4385 | Kubaba of Carchemish ENT_ARA_KUBABA | guardian_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | high | Kubaba is the tutelary protective goddess of Carchemish. | Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS | reviewed | |
| 4403 | The Spear of Khaldi ENT_URA_SPEAR_KHALDI | guardian_of | Khaldi ENT_URA_KHALDI | high | The spear is the cult weapon of Khaldi, stored in his temples as the instrument of his victories. | Boris B. Piotrovsky, The Ancient Civilization of Urartu: An Archaeological Adventure, trans. James Hogarth (Cowles / Cresset Press, New York / London, 1969) SRC_PIOTROVSKY_URARTU | reviewed | |
| 4408 | Runesocesius ENT_IB_RUNESOCESIUS | guardian_of | Endovelicus ENT_IB_ENDOVELICUS | low | Attested in the same São Miguel da Mota cult-complex as Endovelicus. | Juan Carlos Olivares Pedreño, Los dioses de la Hispania céltica (Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana 15; Real Academia de la Historia / Universidad de Alicante, Madrid, 2002) SRC_OLIVARES_IBERIAN | reviewed | |
| 4994 | Mordecai ENT_ISR_MORDECAI | guardian_of | Esther ENT_ISR_ESTHER | high | Esther 2:7: Mordecai raised his cousin Esther as his own. | 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 | |
| 5900 | Galahad ENT_ART_GALAHAD | guardian_of | The Holy Grail ENT_ART_GRAIL | high | Supreme achiever of the Grail. | The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail), c. 1210-1235 CE SRC_VULGATE_CYCLE | reviewed | |
| 5901 | Perceval ENT_ART_PERCEVAL | guardian_of | The Holy Grail ENT_ART_GRAIL | high | One of the three Grail achievers. | Chretien de Troyes, Arthurian romances (Erec, Lancelot/Le Chevalier de la Charrette, Yvain, Perceval/Le Conte du Graal), c. 1170-1190 CE SRC_CHRETIEN_TROYES | reviewed | |
| 5902 | Bors ENT_ART_BORS | guardian_of | The Holy Grail ENT_ART_GRAIL | high | Grail achiever who returns to tell of it. | The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail), c. 1210-1235 CE SRC_VULGATE_CYCLE | reviewed | |
| 5903 | The Fisher King ENT_ART_FISHER_KING | guardian_of | The Holy Grail ENT_ART_GRAIL | high | Keeper of the Grail at the Grail castle. | Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival, c. 1200-1210 CE SRC_WOLFRAM_PARZIVAL | reviewed | |
| 5904 | Galahad ENT_ART_GALAHAD | guardian_of | The Siege Perilous ENT_ART_SIEGE_PERILOUS | high | Alone may occupy the seat reserved for him. | The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail), c. 1210-1235 CE SRC_VULGATE_CYCLE | reviewed | |
| 5911 | The Lady of the Lake ENT_ART_LADY_OF_THE_LAKE | guardian_of | Excalibur ENT_ART_EXCALIBUR | high | Gives and reclaims Excalibur. | The Vulgate Cycle (Lancelot-Grail), c. 1210-1235 CE SRC_VULGATE_CYCLE | reviewed | |
| 5912 | King Arthur ENT_ART_ARTHUR | guardian_of | Excalibur ENT_ART_EXCALIBUR | high | Bears Excalibur as the sword of sovereignty. | Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136 CE SRC_GEOFFREY_MONMOUTH | reviewed | |
| 7545 | Fafnir ENT_GSAGA_FAFNIR | guardian_of | Andvari ENT_NOR_ANDVARI | medium | Fafnir broods on Glittering Heath over the cursed hoard originally extorted from the dwarf Andvari. | Byock, Jesse L. (trans.), The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (Penguin Classics) SRC_BYOCK_VOLSUNGS | reviewed | |
| 7767 | Ridwan ENT_ISL_RIDWAN | guardian_of | Jannah (the Garden, Paradise) ENT_ISLR_JANNAH | high | Ridwan is the angel who keeps the gates of Paradise in Islamic tradition | Sahih al-Bukhari, the canonical Sunni hadith collection, c. 850 CE SRC_SAHIH_BUKHARI | reviewed | |
| 7768 | Malik ENT_ISL_MALIK | guardian_of | Jahannam (Gehenna, Hell) ENT_ISLR_JAHANNAM | high | Malik is the angel set over Hellfire (Q 43:77) | Qur’an SRC_QURAN | reviewed | |
| 7874 | Orthrus ENT_MON_ORTHRUS | guardian_of | Geryon ENT_GERYON | high | Hesiod, Theog. 309-311; Apollodorus 2.5.10: Orthrus guarded the cattle of Geryon and was slain by Heracles (existing entity). | Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY | 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]);