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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)'}

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]);
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