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)'}

6 rows where source_id = "SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1376 El ENT_CAN_EL received_as Yahweh ENT_ISR_YAHWEH medium Ugaritic El's divine epithets (El Elyon, El Shaddai, El Olam) appear in Genesis 14:18–22, Exodus 6:3, and Genesis 21:33 as Yahweh's own names, active before the revelation of the name Yahweh. Cross 1973 pp. 1–75 demonstrates that Yahweh began as a southern storm-warrior deity who absorbed El's cosmic role as "father of years" (ʾab šnm), "creator of creatures" (bny bnwt), and head of the divine council (pḥr ʿIlm). The shared divine council (bene elim / Bene Elohim) structure confirms the absorption. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
1377 Yahweh ENT_ISR_YAHWEH reception_of El ENT_CAN_EL medium Yahweh absorbed El's epithets (Elyon, Shaddai, Olam) and cosmic creator-father role; divine council in Hebrew scripture derives from El's heavenly assembly at Ugarit. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
1539 Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE received_as Athtar ENT_SAB_ATHTAR low The South Arabian Athtar and the Canaanite Astarte/Ugaritic ʿAttar share the same etymological root (the proto-Semitic *ʿAttar- base) and the planet Venus as their primary celestial association. The Ugaritic ʿAttar (masculine) who temporarily sits on Baal's throne and is deemed too small for it (KTU 1.6 I 53-65) represents the masculine form of the Venus deity that South Arabian Athtar preserves. The gender divergence — Astarte is female, Athtar is male — reflects either an early Semitic tradition that was later feminized in the Levantine context, or independent masculine and feminine developments from a common ancestral deity. Cross (1973) treats them as related variants of the same root deity. Confidence low: the name cognate is certain; the precise transmission direction and mechanism are debated. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Sabaean and South Arabian Period PER_SABAEAN
1540 Athtar ENT_SAB_ATHTAR reception_of Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE low South Arabian Athtar as a related form of the Semitic Venus deity complex cognate with Canaanite Astarte/Ugaritic ʿAttar; the masculine gender is the South Arabian distinguishing feature. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Sabaean and South Arabian Period PER_SABAEAN
2308 Ashtar-Kemosh ENT_MOA_ASHTAR_KEMOSH aligned_with Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE medium The Ashtar element of Ashtar-Kemosh shares its divine name with Ugaritic Athtar and the broader Astarte/Ishtar tradition. The warrior aspect of the Astarte-cycle deity is the element relevant here. Cross (1973) p. 229. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Iron Age Transjordanian PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE
2315 Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH reception_of Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL medium Kemosh shares significant traits with Baal Hadad — war deity, storm associations, divine anger, conflict theology — and likely inherits his divine typology from the broader West Semitic Baal tradition. The Mesha Stele's rhetorical structure (divine anger → defeat → divine favour → victory) mirrors Baal-cycle theological grammar. Cross (1973) p. 229 notes Kemosh's Baal-type features. Classified medium: the dependence is typological, not directly attested. Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH reviewed Iron Age Transjordanian PER_TRANSJORDAN_IRON_AGE

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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]);