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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)'}

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]);
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