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)'}

14 rows where source_id = "SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1545 Ninsun ENT_MES_NINSUN parent_of Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH high Ninsun is explicitly named as Gilgamesh's divine mother throughout the Epic; her divine nature is what makes Gilgamesh "two-thirds divine" and gives him his extraordinary strength and beauty. She appears in Tablets I-III as the interpreter of his dreams and the one who adopts Enkidu before their Cedar Forest journey. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB
1546 Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH child_of Ninsun ENT_MES_NINSUN high Gilgamesh as son of the divine Ninsun; his two-thirds divine nature derives from her. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB
1547 Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH paired_with Enkidu ENT_MES_ENKIDU high Gilgamesh and Enkidu are the paradigm hero-companion pair in world literature; created to be Gilgamesh's equal, Enkidu becomes his closest companion; together they defeat Humbaba in the Cedar Forest and the Bull of Heaven; Enkidu's death is the pivotal event of the Epic that launches Gilgamesh on his quest for immortality. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB
1548 Enkidu ENT_MES_ENKIDU paired_with Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH high Enkidu as Gilgamesh's equal companion; their relationship is the emotional core of the Epic. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB
1550 Utnapishtim ENT_MES_UTNAPISHTIM received_as Noah ENT_ISR_NOAH high The flood narrative in Genesis 6-9 is the most directly documented Mesopotamian→Israelite literary transmission in the dataset. The parallels between the Atrahasis Epic (c. 1700 BCE) and Gilgamesh Tablet XI on one side, and Genesis on the other, are structural and verbal: both have (1) a divine council decree to destroy humanity; (2) one righteous man warned by the sympathetic deity (Ea/Enki warns Utnapishtim; God warns Noah); (3) construction of a boat and loading of animals and family; (4) the flood; (5) the boat grounding on a mountain; (6) a sequence of birds released to test for dry land (the dove/raven sequence in Genesis 8:6-12 parallels Gilgamesh Tablet XI closely); (7) a sacrificial offering after the flood; (8) a divine oath not to repeat the destruction. Andrew George (OUP 2003) documents the parallels exhaustively in his critical apparatus. The mechanism of transmission is the Babylonian exile (586-538 BCE), when Israelite scribes had direct access to the Atrahasis and Gilgamesh traditions in Babylon. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
1551 Noah ENT_ISR_NOAH reception_of Utnapishtim ENT_MES_UTNAPISHTIM high Noah as the Israelite reception of the Mesopotamian flood hero tradition (Utnapishtim in Gilgamesh Tablet XI; Atrahasis in the Atrahasis Epic; Ziusudra in the Sumerian flood story); the Genesis narrative's detailed structural and verbal parallels demonstrate direct literary transmission through Babylonian exile contact. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC
3030 Belet-seri ENT_MES_BELET_SERI aligned_with Ereshkigal ENT_MES_ERESHKIGAL medium Belet-seri is the scribe in the court of Ereshkigal. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3032 Gugalanna ENT_MES_GUGALANNA slain_by Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH high Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay the Bull of Heaven (Gilgamesh VI). Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3033 Humbaba ENT_MES_HUMBABA slain_by Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH high Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay Humbaba in the Cedar Forest (Gilgamesh V). Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3034 Lugalbanda ENT_MES_LUGALBANDA parent_of Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH high Lugalbanda is the father of Gilgamesh. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3035 Lugalbanda ENT_MES_LUGALBANDA consort_of Ninsun ENT_MES_NINSUN high Lugalbanda is the husband of the goddess Ninsun. Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3850 Girtablullu ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU guardian_of Utu/Shamash ENT_MES_UTU_SHAMASH high Scorpion-men who guard the gate of the rising sun Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3927 Belet-seri ENT_MES_BELET_SERI belongs_to_realm Underworld ENT_UNDERWORLD high Scribe of the underworld keeping the register of the dead Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH reviewed  
3936 Humbaba ENT_MES_HUMBABA slain_by Enkidu ENT_MES_ENKIDU high Slain by Gilgamesh together with Enkidu in the Cedar Forest Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH 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]);