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)'}

26 rows where relationship_type = "guides"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
12 Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT guides Charon ENT_CHARON medium Shared psychopompic function. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
308 Anubis ENT_EGY_ANUBIS guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Anubis guides and tends the dead in funerary contexts. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
309 Charon ENT_CHARON guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Charon ferries the dead across underworld waters. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
311 Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Hermes Chthonios functions as psychopomp guiding the dead. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
318 Wepwawet ENT_EGY_WEPWAWET guides Dead ENT_DEAD medium Wepwawet opens ways and is associated with funerary procession and passage. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
842 Valkyries ENT_NOR_VALKYRIES guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Valkyries choose the slain/dead. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
998 Khidr ENT_ISL_KHIDR guides Guidance ENT_GUIDANCE high Khidr acts as a guide and teacher. Qur’an SRC_QURAN reviewed  
1067 Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guides Humans ENT_HUMANS medium Guardian angels are associated with personal guidance. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_CHRISTIAN reviewed  
1194 Ephippas ENT_LAT_EPHIPPAS guides Abezithibod ENT_LAT_ABEZETHIBOU medium In the Testament of Solomon, Ephippas acts in concert with and leads Abezithibod, the two together raising the great pillar at Solomon's command. F. C. Conybeare, “The Testament of Solomon,” Jewish Quarterly Review 11 (1898): 1–45 SRC_TESTAMENT_SOLOMON reviewed  
1229 Thanatos ENT_THANATOS guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Thanatos is the Greek personification of death who escorts souls at the moment of dying. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES reviewed  
1230 Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Mercury serves as psychopomp in Roman religion, conducting souls to the underworld as Roman counterpart to Hermes. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
1231 Angel of Death ENT_ISR_ANGEL_OF_DEATH guides Dead ENT_DEAD high The Angel of Death escorts souls at death in Israelite and Second Temple tradition. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed  
1232 Sraosha ENT_ZOR_SRAOSHA guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Sraosha accompanies the soul of the righteous to the Chinvat Bridge for judgment (Hadhokht Nask, Avesta). Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
1233 Malak al-Mawt ENT_ISL_MALAK_AL_MAWT guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Malak al-Mawt (Angel of Death) takes souls at the moment of death (Quran 32:11). Qur’an SRC_QURAN reviewed  
1234 Azrail ENT_ISL_AZRAIL guides Dead ENT_DEAD high Azrail is the named Angel of Death in Hadith tradition who receives and escorts souls at death. Hadith general reference layer SRC_HADITH_GENERAL reviewed  
1538 Inaras ENT_HTT_INARAS guides Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA high In the first version of the Illuyanka myth (CTH 321 §§1-8), Inaras devises and executes the strategy that allows Tarhunna (the storm god) to defeat Illuyanka: she prepares the feast that lures the serpent into vulnerability and recruits the mortal Hupasiya to bind him. Tarhunna's victory over Illuyanka is explicitly enabled by Inaras's cunning rather than the storm god's direct power alone. Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS reviewed Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE
1773 Charun ENT_ETR_CHARUN guides Dead ENT_DEAD high De Grummond (2006): Charun functions as an active escort/coercer of souls into the underworld — distinct from the passive Greek Charon; he compels the dead rather than merely ferrying them. De Grummond, Nancy Thomson. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2006) SRC_DEGRUMMOND_ETRUSCAN approved  
2105 Hannahanna ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA guides Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU high Hoffner, Hittite Myths — Telipinu Myth: when Telipinu disappeared and the world grew barren, Hannahanna the grandmother goddess proposed sending a bee to search for him and anoint him when found, restoring fertility. Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS approved  
2198 Anytus ENT_ANYTUS guides Despoina ENT_DESPOINA high Pausanias Description of Greece 8.37.9: Anytus, one of the Titans, was the guardian and raiser of Despoina in the Arcadian tradition of her birth. Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION approved  
2219 Aeolus ENT_AEOLUS guides Odysseus ENT_ODYSSEUS high Homer Odyssey 10.1-79: Aeolus, keeper of the winds, received Odysseus hospitably and gave him a bag of all winds to aid his homeward voyage. Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY approved  
2227 Neda ENT_NEDA guides Zeus ENT_ZEUS high Pausanias Description of Greece 8.38.3: Neda nursed the infant Zeus at Mount Lykaion in Arcadia; she and Theisoa (or Hagno) were among the Arcadian nymphs who raised him. Pausanias, Description of Greece (c. 143-176 CE); trans. W.H.S. Jones (Loeb Classical Library, Harvard 1918-1935) SRC_PAUSANIAS_DESCRIPTION approved  
2614 Receivers of the Light ENT_PS_RECEIVERS guides Dead ENT_DEAD high The receivers convey souls upward to the Light or back to the sphere of rebirth. Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_PISTIS_SOPHIA reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2627 Michael ENT_ISR_MICHAEL guides Pistis Sophia ENT_PS_PISTIS_SOPHIA medium Michael and Gabriel are sent to bear Pistis Sophia up out of the Chaos on their hands. Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_PISTIS_SOPHIA reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2628 Gabriel ENT_ISR_GABRIEL guides Pistis Sophia ENT_PS_PISTIS_SOPHIA medium Gabriel, with Michael, carries Pistis Sophia out of the Chaos. Pistis Sophia (Askew Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_PISTIS_SOPHIA reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2746 Eleleth ENT_SET_ELELETH guides Norea ENT_SET_NOREA high The great luminary Eleleth descends to rescue Norea from the archons and reveal her heavenly origin (Hypostasis of the Archons). Hypostasis of the Archons (The Reality of the Rulers), NHC II,4 SRC_HYPOSTASIS_ARCHONS reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2848 The Twin ENT_MANICH_TWIN guides Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI high The heavenly Twin reveals the truth to Mani and guides his mission. The Cologne Mani Codex (CMC), Greek, on the life and revelations of Mani, c. 5th c. CE SRC_CMC 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]);