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).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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)'}

24 rows where source_id = "SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
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  
7235 Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS member_of Mithraic Mysteries ENT_MITH_MYSTERIES high Mithras is the tutelary god of the Roman Mithraic mystery cult; wires the pre-existing Mithras into the new hub. Clauss ch.1. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7345 Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Jupiter Dolichenus is one of the Near-Eastern cults in Roman dress grouped under the Eastern-cults hub. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7346 Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Jupiter Heliopolitanus (Baalbek triad) belongs to the Roman Eastern-cults grouping. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7347 Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Venus Heliopolitana, member of the Baalbek triad, belongs to the Roman Eastern-cults grouping. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7348 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Mercury Heliopolitanus, member of the Baalbek triad, belongs to the Roman Eastern-cults grouping. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7349 Dea Syria ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Dea Syria is among the oriental cults of Roman religion in the Eastern-cults grouping. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7350 Dea Caelestis ENT_ROM_DEA_CAELESTIS member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Dea Caelestis is one of the Eastern (African/Punic) cults grouped under the Roman Eastern-cults hub. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7351 Sol Invictus Elagabal ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS_ELAGABAL member_of Eastern Cults of Roman Religion ENT_ROM_EASTERN_CULTS high Sol Invictus Elagabal, the Emesene solar cult in Roman dress, belongs to the Eastern-cults grouping. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7352 Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA consort_of Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS medium Within the Heliopolitan triad of Baalbek, Venus Heliopolitana is the female consort of the chief god Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7353 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS child_of Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS medium Mercury Heliopolitanus is generally read as the youthful divine son of the Heliopolitan triad, with Jupiter Heliopolitanus as the father-figure. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7354 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS child_of Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA medium Mercury Heliopolitanus is read as the divine son of the triad, completing the father-mother-son structure with Venus Heliopolitana as mother. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7355 Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Dolichenus is a Roman cult-epithet/form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus assimilating the Baal of Doliche. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7356 Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Jupiter Heliopolitanus is the local Baalbek cult-form of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7357 Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA cult_form_of Venus ENT_ROM_VENUS high Venus Heliopolitana is the Heliopolitan local cult-form of Venus, assimilating the Syrian goddess of Baalbek. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7358 Mercury Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_MERCURY_HELIOPOLITANUS cult_form_of Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Mercury Heliopolitanus is the Heliopolitan local cult-form of Mercury, assimilating the youthful Syrian son-god. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7359 Dea Syria ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA received_as Atargatis ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS high Dea Syria is the Roman cult reception of the Aramean goddess Atargatis of Hierapolis; Lucian's De Dea Syria names her so. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7360 Dea Caelestis ENT_ROM_DEA_CAELESTIS equated_with Tanit ENT_PHO_TANIT high Dea/Juno Caelestis is the Romanized interpretatio identification of Carthaginian Tanit, the standard equation. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7361 Dea Caelestis ENT_ROM_DEA_CAELESTIS received_as Tanit ENT_PHO_TANIT high Dea Caelestis is the Roman reception/cult-form of the Punic goddess Tanit after the Romanization of Carthage. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7362 Sol Invictus Elagabal ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS_ELAGABAL received_as Elagabal of Emesa ENT_ARA_ELAGABAL high Sol Invictus Elagabal is the Roman imperial cult reception of the Emesene sun-god Elagabal, whose baetyl emperor Elagabalus brought to Rome. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7363 Sol Invictus Elagabal ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS_ELAGABAL aligned_with Sol Invictus ENT_ROM_SOL_INVICTUS medium Elagabalus's short-lived Sol Invictus Elagabal (218-222 CE) is the solar precursor to and shares the Sol Invictus title with Aurelian's official Sol Invictus (274 CE), though they are distinct cults. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7364 Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolichenus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_DOLICHENUS syncretized_with Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL medium The underlying figure of Jupiter Dolichenus is the Commagenian storm-god of Doliche, a Baal-Hadad type; he is syncretized with the Canaanite/Syrian storm-god Baal Hadad. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7365 Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS syncretized_with Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL medium Jupiter Heliopolitanus is the Romanized Baal/Hadad of Heliopolis (Baalbek), syncretizing the local Syrian storm-god with Jupiter. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS reviewed  
7366 Venus Heliopolitana ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA syncretized_with Atargatis ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS medium The female member of the Baalbek triad underlies a local Syrian Atargatis/Astarte-type goddess, syncretized into Venus Heliopolitana. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS 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]);