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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)'}

43 rows where relationship_type = "slays"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
10 Apollo ENT_APOLLO slays Python ENT_PYTHON high Apollo defeats Python at Delphi. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
128 Perseus ENT_PERSEUS slays Medusa ENT_MEDUSA high Perseus slays Medusa. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
159 Bellerophon ENT_BELLEROPHON slays Chimera ENT_CHIMERA high Bellerophon slays the Chimera. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
160 Heracles ENT_HERACLES slays Geryon ENT_GERYON high Heracles defeats Geryon in the cattle labor. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
161 Heracles ENT_HERACLES slays Hydra ENT_HYDRA high Heracles slays the Lernaean Hydra. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
163 Theseus ENT_THESEUS slays Minotaur ENT_MINOTAUR high Theseus slays the Minotaur. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
164 Heracles ENT_HERACLES slays Nemean Lion ENT_NEMEAN_LION high Heracles slays the Nemean Lion. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
459 Marduk ENT_MES_MARDUK slays Kingu ENT_MES_KINGU medium Kingu is defeated in the cosmogonic conflict. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
465 Marduk ENT_MES_MARDUK slays Tiamat ENT_MES_TIAMAT high Marduk defeats Tiamat in Babylonian cosmogony. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
525 Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL slays Lotan ENT_CAN_LOTAN medium Lotan belongs to the chaos-serpent combat complex associated with Baal. Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_UGARIT_DDD reviewed  
1549 Ninurta ENT_MES_NINURTA slays Anzu ENT_MES_ANZU high In the Anzu myth, Ninurta is the divine champion chosen by the assembly of gods to fight Anzu and recover the stolen Tablet of Destinies; after several failed attempts using conventional weapons (which Anzu deflects using the Tablet's power), Ninurta defeats Anzu through a strategy devised by Ea/Enki. This combat establishes Ninurta as the paradigm warrior deity in the Mesopotamian tradition. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB
1744 Achilles ENT_ACHILLES slays Hector ENT_HECTOR high Homer Iliad 22.325-363: Achilles slays Hector beneath the walls of Troy. 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  
1805 George ENT_SAINT_GEORGE slays Dragon ENT_DRAGON high Golden Legend (Jacobus de Voragine, c. 1260 CE): George slays a dragon that was terrorising Silene, rescuing a princess and converting the city to Christianity. The dragon-slaying motif is the foundational narrative of George's cult. Jacobus de Voragine, Golden Legend SRC_GOLDEN_LEGEND approved  
1875 Hector ENT_HECTOR slays Protesilaus ENT_PROTESILAUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Epitome 3.30: Protesilaus was the first Greek to land at Troy and was immediately slain; later tradition names Hector as his killer. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2218 Athena ENT_ATHENA slays Pallas ENT_PALLAS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.6.2: during the Gigantomachy, Athena slew the Giant Pallas and flayed him, using his skin as her aegis; from Pallas she also took the epithet "Pallas Athena." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2765 Thraetaona ENT_ZOR_THRAETAONA slays Azhi Dahaka ENT_ZOR_AZHI_DAHAKA high Thraetaona smites and binds the dragon Azhi Dahaka (Yasht 5.34). Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
3130 Hodr ENT_NOR_HODR slays Baldr ENT_NOR_BALDR high Hodr, guided by Loki, slays Baldr with the mistletoe. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3131 Vali ENT_NOR_VALI slays Hodr ENT_NOR_HODR high Vali avenges Baldr by slaying Hodr. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3132 Vidar ENT_NOR_VIDAR slays Fenrir ENT_NOR_FENRIR high Vidar slays Fenrir at Ragnarök to avenge Odin. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3139 Surtr ENT_NOR_SURTR slays Freyr ENT_NOR_FREYR high Surtr slays Freyr at Ragnarök. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3269 Mau-aa (the Great Cat of Ra) ENT_EGY_MAUAA slays Apep ENT_EGY_APEP high The great cat of Ra slays the serpent Apophis beneath the ished-tree. Alexandre Piankoff, The Litany of Re (Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations 4 / Bollingen XL.4, 1964) SRC_PIANKOFF_LITANY_RE reviewed  
3414 Lugh ENT_CEL_LUGH slays Balor ENT_CEL_BALOR high Lugh slays his grandfather Balor at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired. Cath Maige Tuired (The Second Battle of Mag Tuired), ed. E. A. Gray (ITS, 1982) SRC_CATH_MAIGE_TUIRED reviewed  
3421 Brian ENT_CEL_BRIAN slays Cían ENT_CEL_CIAN high The sons of Tuireann kill Cían. James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1998) SRC_MACKILLOP_CELTIC reviewed  
3438 Gofannon ENT_WEL_GOFANNON slays Dylan ail Don ENT_WEL_DYLAN high Gofannon slays his nephew Dylan. The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION reviewed  
3732 Sköll ENT_NOR_SKOLL slays Sól ENT_NOR_SOL high The wolf Skoll devours the sun at Ragnarok. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3733 Hati ENT_NOR_HATI slays Máni ENT_NOR_MANI high The wolf Hati devours the moon at Ragnarok. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3734 Fjalar ENT_NOR_FJALAR_DWARF slays Kvasir ENT_NOR_KVASIR high Fjalar and Galar murder Kvasir and brew the Mead of Poetry. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3735 Galar ENT_NOR_GALAR slays Kvasir ENT_NOR_KVASIR high Galar, with Fjalar, kills Kvasir. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3749 Thor ENT_NOR_THOR slays Geirröðr ENT_NOR_GEIRROD_GIANT high Thor kills the giant Geirrod. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3887 Keresaspa ENT_ZOR_KERESASPA slays Dragon ENT_DRAGON high Avestan dragon-slayer hero who kills the horned serpent Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
5427 Zimri ENT_ISR_ZIMRI slays Elah ENT_ISR_ELAH high Zimri struck down and killed Elah at Tirzah (1 Kings 16:9-10). 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  
5428 Baasha ENT_ISR_BAASHA slays Nadab ENT_ISR_NADAB high Baasha killed Nadab at Gibbethon and reigned in his place (1 Kings 15:27-28). 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  
5429 Shallum (king of Israel) ENT_ISR_SHALLUM_ISRAEL slays Zechariah (king of Israel) ENT_ISR_ZECHARIAH_ISRAEL high Shallum conspired against and killed Zechariah (2 Kings 15:10). 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  
5430 Menahem ENT_ISR_MENAHEM slays Shallum (king of Israel) ENT_ISR_SHALLUM_ISRAEL high Menahem struck down Shallum and reigned in his place (2 Kings 15:14). 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  
5431 Pekah ENT_ISR_PEKAH slays Pekahiah ENT_ISR_PEKAHIAH high Pekah killed Pekahiah in Samaria and reigned in his place (2 Kings 15:25). 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  
5432 Hoshea ENT_ISR_HOSHEA slays Pekah ENT_ISR_PEKAH high Hoshea conspired against and killed Pekah (2 Kings 15:30). 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  
5433 Jehu ENT_ISR_JEHU slays Jehoram (king of Israel) ENT_ISR_JEHORAM_ISRAEL high Jehu shot and killed Joram/Jehoram during his coup (2 Kings 9:24). 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  
5434 Jehu ENT_ISR_JEHU slays Ahaziah (king of Judah) ENT_ISR_AHAZIAH_JUDAH high Jehu had Ahaziah of Judah struck down during his revolt (2 Kings 9:27). 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  
5891 Mordred ENT_ART_MORDRED slays King Arthur ENT_ART_ARTHUR high Mortally wounds Arthur at Camlann. Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, completed c. 1469-1470, printed by Caxton 1485 CE SRC_MALORY_MORTE reviewed  
5892 King Arthur ENT_ART_ARTHUR slays Mordred ENT_ART_MORDRED high Arthur slays Mordred at Camlann. Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136 CE SRC_GEOFFREY_MONMOUTH reviewed  
5895 Pellinore ENT_ART_PELLINORE slays King Lot ENT_ART_KING_LOT high Ignites the Pellinore-Orkney feud. Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, completed c. 1469-1470, printed by Caxton 1485 CE SRC_MALORY_MORTE reviewed  
7519 Sigurd ENT_GSAGA_SIGURD slays Fafnir ENT_GSAGA_FAFNIR high Sigurd slays Fafnir with the sword Gram, the cycle's defining deed. Byock, Jesse L. (trans.), The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (Penguin Classics) SRC_BYOCK_VOLSUNGS reviewed  
7521 Sigurd ENT_GSAGA_SIGURD slays Reginn ENT_GSAGA_REGINN high Sigurd kills the treacherous Reginn after roasting Fafnir's heart. Byock, Jesse L. (trans.), The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (Penguin Classics) SRC_BYOCK_VOLSUNGS 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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