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)'}
35 rows where source_id = "SRC_ETCSL"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1580 | Anu ENT_MES_ANU | member_of | Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI | high | Anu is the chief of the Anunnaki; in Sumerian theology the Anunnaki are the gods of the earth and underworld, with Anu as their divine patriarch; the term "great Anunnaki" in the Atrahasis Epic and Enuma Elish refers to the high council of gods with Anu at the apex. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1581 | Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL | member_of | Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI | high | Enlil is one of the three chief Anunnaki (Anu, Enlil, Enki) who divide the cosmos between them; in the Atrahasis Epic the Anunnaki cast lots and Enlil receives command of the earth; as the lord of the divine assembly (Ubshu-ukkinna) at Nippur, he presides over the Anunnaki. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1582 | Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA | member_of | Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI | high | Enki/Ea is the third of the three chief Anunnaki; he receives dominion over the Abzu (the subterranean sweet water) when the cosmos is divided; he is the cleverest of the Anunnaki ("Enki surpasses all gods in wisdom" — Hymn to Enki) and frequently acts as the intermediary between the divine assembly and humanity. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1583 | Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA | paired_with | Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG | high | Enki and Ninhursag (ETCSL 1.1.1) is one of the most important Sumerian mythological compositions; Enki and Ninhursag are the divine couple in Dilmun (the sacred land); their sexual encounters and the resulting chain of offspring goddesses drives the narrative; their complex relationship (creative partnership that turns to conflict when Enki eats the plants Ninhursag grew, then reconciliation when Ninhursag heals Enki's ailments) establishes them as a divine creative pair whose interaction generates life and the divine order of nature. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1584 | Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG | paired_with | Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA | high | Ninhursag as Enki's divine partner in the Enki and Ninhursag myth (ETCSL 1.1.1); their relationship alternates between creative union and conflict; Ninhursag ultimately heals the ailing Enki and is celebrated as the mother of all living things. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1585 | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | sibling_of | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | high | In the Descent of Inanna (ETCSL 1.4.1), Inanna explicitly travels "toward her sister Ereshkigal, queen of the Great Below." The sibling relationship between the love goddess and the queen of death is the foundational tension of the narrative: Ereshkigal has power over the underworld that Inanna desires; Inanna is stripped of her divine attributes at each of the seven gates as she descends to face her sister. Their sisterhood makes the confrontation mythologically significant — it is the love of life vs. the finality of death embodied in divine sisters. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1586 | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | sibling_of | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | high | Ereshkigal as the sister of Inanna; the Descent of Inanna establishes that the queen of the Great Below and the queen of heaven and earth are divine sisters whose domains define the cosmic poles of life/love and death. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1587 | Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL | spouse_of | Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL | high | Enlil and Ninlil are the divine couple of Nippur; the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1) narrates the circumstances of their union and subsequent journey to the underworld; in Sumerian hymns and god-lists they are consistently paired as the lord and lady of Nippur. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1588 | Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL | spouse_of | Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL | high | Ninlil as Enlil's consort; the divine lady of Nippur alongside Enlil; their pairing is foundational to the Nippur theological tradition and to the legitimation of Sumerian kingship. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1589 | Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL | parent_of | Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN | high | In the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1), Enlil's union with Ninlil in the underworld produces Nanna/Sin (the moon god); this paternity is the standard Sumerian tradition for Nanna's divine parentage and is attested in hymns across the corpus. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1590 | Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL | parent_of | Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN | high | Ninlil as the mother of Nanna/Sin per the Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1); her journey to the underworld following Enlil results in Nanna's birth as a child of the underworld who ascends to rule the night sky. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 1591 | Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN | spouse_of | Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL | high | Nanna/Sin and Ningal are the divine couple of Ur; their pairing is consistently attested in Ur III hymns to Nanna; Ningal has her own temple (the e-kiš-nu-gál) within Nanna's temple complex at Ur; she is named as his consort in the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur (ETCSL 2.2.2) and in multiple Nanna hymns. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III |
| 1592 | Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL | spouse_of | Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN | high | Ningal as the divine consort of Nanna/Sin at Ur; she intercedes with the divine assembly on Ur's behalf in the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, acting as the protective mother of the city and its people. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III |
| 1593 | Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL | parent_of | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | high | Ningal is explicitly named as the mother of Inanna in Sumerian hymns; the parentage Nanna + Ningal → Inanna is the standard Sumerian tradition. Ningal's maternal role provides Inanna with both a lunar/celestial father (Nanna) and a divine mother who intercedes before the gods. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III |
| 1594 | Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL | parent_of | Utu/Shamash ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH | high | Ningal is named as the mother of Utu/Shamash (the sun god) alongside Inanna in Sumerian hymns; Nanna and Ningal are the divine parents of both the moon's primary associated celestial bodies (sun and Venus/morning star). | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III |
| 1595 | Nammu ENT_MES_NAMMU | parent_of | Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA | high | In Enki and Ninmah (ETCSL 1.1.2), Nammu is explicitly described as Enki's mother: she wakes Enki to help solve the problem of the gods having to do their own labor, and calls him "my son." The Eridu cosmogonic tradition places Nammu as the primordial sea from which Enki/the Abzu emerges; this makes Nammu the generative source of Enki's fresh-water wisdom domain. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY |
| 3019 | Bau ENT_MES_BAU | consort_of | Ningirsu ENT_MES_NINGIRSU | high | Bau (Baba) is the consort of Ningirsu at Lagash. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3021 | Damu ENT_MES_DAMU | child_of | Ninisina ENT_MES_NINISINA | medium | Damu is the son of Ninisina of Isin (Gula is her syncretic counterpart). | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3022 | Nanshe ENT_MES_NANSHE | child_of | Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA | medium | Nanshe is a daughter of Ea/Enki. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3023 | Nuska ENT_MES_NUSKA | aligned_with | Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL | high | Nuska is the vizier and messenger of Enlil. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3024 | Nuska ENT_MES_NUSKA | embodies | Fire ENT_FIRE | medium | Nuska is the deified fire and lamplight. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3025 | Asag ENT_MES_ASAG | slain_by | Ninurta ENT_MES_NINURTA | high | Ninurta destroys the demon Asag in the Lugale. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3027 | Namtar ENT_MES_NAMTAR | aligned_with | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | high | Namtar is the death-demon vizier of Ereshkigal. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3028 | Namtar ENT_MES_NAMTAR | embodies | Death ENT_DEATH | high | Namtar ("Fate") is the bringer of death and plague. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3029 | Neti ENT_MES_NETI | aligned_with | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | high | Neti, the gatekeeper, serves Ereshkigal at the seven gates. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3031 | Gugalanna ENT_MES_GUGALANNA | consort_of | Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL | high | Gugalanna, the Bull of Heaven, is the first husband of Ereshkigal. | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3852 | Nanaya ENT_MES_NANAYA | identified_with | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | high | Love goddess closely syncretized with Inanna and Ishtar | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3853 | Ninkasi ENT_MES_NINKASI | child_of | Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG | medium | Healing deity born of Ninhursag in Enki and Ninhursag | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3923 | Asag ENT_MES_ASAG | causes_affliction | Disease ENT_DISEASE | high | The monstrous demon of disease in the Lugale | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3925 | Bau ENT_MES_BAU | presides_over | Healing ENT_HEALING | high | The healing goddess of Lagash | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3946 | Nanaya ENT_MES_NANAYA | presides_over | Love ENT_LOVE | high | Goddess of love and sensuality | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3947 | Nanshe ENT_MES_NANSHE | presides_over | Justice ENT_JUSTICE | high | The Lagash goddess of social justice and care for the poor | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3948 | Neti ENT_MES_NETI | dwells_in | Underworld ENT_UNDERWORLD | high | The chief gatekeeper of the underworld | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3949 | Ningishzida ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA | spouse_of | Geshtinanna ENT_MES_GESHTINANNA | high | Geshtinanna is the wife of Ningishzida | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | reviewed | |
| 3950 | Ningishzida ENT_MES_NINGISHZIDA | belongs_to_realm | Underworld ENT_UNDERWORLD | high | A chthonic god of the underworld threshold | Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL | 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]);