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)'}
18 rows where relationship_type = "protects"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Mehen ENT_EGY_MEHEN | protects | Ra ENT_EGY_RA | high | Mehen protects the solar god in netherworld/solar contexts. | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 265 | Mafdet ENT_EGY_MAFDET | protects | Ra ENT_EGY_RA | medium | Mafdet functions as a protective destroyer of dangerous beings in royal/solar contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 267 | Serqet ENT_EGY_SERQET | protects | Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS | medium | Serqet participates in funerary protection around Osirian theology. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 278 | Aker ENT_EGY_AKER | protects | Ra ENT_EGY_RA | medium | Aker is associated with horizon/underworld protection in solar-afterlife contexts. | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 320 | Bes ENT_EGY_BES | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Bes has protective/apotropaic associations that can extend into funerary contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 322 | Hecate ENT_HECATE | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Hecate is associated with liminal, ghostly, and chthonic protection. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 323 | Hermes Chthonios ENT_HERMES_CHTHONIOS_CULT | protects | Dead ENT_DEAD | medium | Hermes Chthonios guides and mediates for the dead. | Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS | reviewed | |
| 337 | Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS | protects | Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS | high | Isis protects and restores Horus in healing/protective mythic contexts. | Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS | reviewed | |
| 587 | Raphael ENT_ISR_RAPHAEL | protects | Tobit ENT_TOBIT | medium | Raphael protects/guides Tobit/Tobias in Tobit tradition; add Tobit as literary human figure if desired. | Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE | reviewed | |
| 1066 | Guardian Angels ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS | protects | Humans ENT_HUMANS | medium | Guardian angels are understood as protectors of human persons. | Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_CHRISTIAN | reviewed | |
| 1868 | Athena ENT_ATHENA | protects | Odysseus ENT_ODYSSEUS | high | Homer Odyssey passim (esp. 1.48-62, 13.287-310): Athena is the divine protector and guide of Odysseus throughout his ten-year 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 | |
| 1869 | Athena ENT_ATHENA | protects | Cecrops ENT_CECROPS | high | Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.14.1: Cecrops was the first king of Attica and judge of the contest between Athena and Poseidon; Athena's patronage of Athens begins with his reign. | Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY | approved | |
| 1870 | Athena ENT_ATHENA | protects | Erechtheus ENT_ERECHTHEUS | high | Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.14.6: Erechtheus was raised by Athena, established her cult on the Acropolis, and was eventually worshipped alongside her in the Erechtheion. | Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY | approved | |
| 1876 | Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS | protects | Iphigenia ENT_IPHIGENIA | high | Pseudo-Apollodorus Epitome 2.10: Artemis rescued Iphigenia from sacrifice at Aulis, replacing her with a deer and transporting her to Tauris as her priestess. | Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY | approved | |
| 3272 | Heka ENT_EGY_HEKA | protects | Ra ENT_EGY_RA | high | Heka (magic) protects the sun god in the night barque. | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3273 | Nehes (the Watchful One) ENT_EGY_NEHES | protects | Ra ENT_EGY_RA | medium | The Watchful One guards the barque of Ra. | Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT | reviewed | |
| 3698 | Lamassu ENT_MES_LAMASSU | protects | Humans ENT_HUMANS | medium | Benevolent guardian spirit of persons and buildings. | Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO | reviewed | |
| 7614 | The Guardians of the Watchtowers ENT_WIC_WATCHTOWER_GUARDIANS | protects | The Wiccan Pantheon (hub) ENT_WIC_PANTHEON | medium | The Guardians of the Watchtowers are invoked to ward and protect the cast ritual circle in which the deities are worshipped. | Doreen Valiente, Witchcraft for Tomorrow (London: Robert Hale, 1978) SRC_VALIENTE_WFT | 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]);