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)'}
45 rows where source_id = "SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1474 | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | identified_with | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | high | The Hurrian storm god Teshub and the Hittite storm god Tarhunna are closely identified throughout the syncretized Hittite-Hurrian religious tradition. At the Yazilikaya open-air sanctuary (c. 1250 BCE), the two traditions' storm deities appear together, effectively as the same divine power under different names. Hittite treaty texts and prayers use the names interchangeably or in paired formulae. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1475 | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | identified_with | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | high | Tarhunna as the Hittite name of the storm deity identified with the Hurrian Teshub; both are the chief storm gods of their respective traditions and merged in Hittite-Hurrian syncretic religion. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1476 | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | identified_with | Shaushka ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA | high | Hittite religious texts explicitly call Shaushka "Ishtar of Nineveh" and "Ishtar of Samuha," demonstrating a direct identification rather than mere structural parallel. The Myth of Shaushka and Hedammu and treaty texts from the Hittite empire routinely use the two names as equivalents. Shaushka is the Hurrian reception of the Mesopotamian love/war goddess complex, transmitting the Inanna/Ishtar tradition into Anatolian religion. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1477 | Shaushka ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA | identified_with | Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR | high | Shaushka as the Hurrian reception of Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar; Hittite texts call her "Ishtar of Nineveh" and "Ishtar of Samuha"; the identification is explicit in the primary sources. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1486 | Illuyanka ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA | received_as | Python ENT_PYTHON | low | The Illuyanka myth (Hittite) and the Apollo/Python tradition both belong to the broader Near Eastern "storm/solar deity defeats serpent to claim a sacred site" pattern, which appears also in Baal/Lotan (Ugaritic), Marduk/Tiamat (Babylonian), and Zeus/Typhon (Greek). Illuyanka is defeated by Tarhunna (the storm god) with help from the goddess Inaras and a mortal, paralleling the multi-agent defeats in other serpent-combat myths. The transmission to the specifically solar Apollo/Python form is indirect — probably via the same broad transmission pathway as other Near Eastern→Greek myth contacts in the Archaic period. Confidence low because Apollo (not the storm god) is the serpent's defeater in the Greek version, and no direct textual link between Illuyanka and Python is demonstrable. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC |
| 1487 | Python ENT_PYTHON | reception_of | Illuyanka ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA | low | Python as a possible Greek reception of the Anatolian serpent-combat tradition (Illuyanka); the pattern of a divine champion defeating a serpent to claim a sacred site is shared, but Apollo's solar rather than storm nature makes the transmission indirect. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC |
| 1536 | Dumuzi/Tammuz ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ | aligned_with | Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU | low | Functional/typological cognate (no attested diffusion of the Mesopotamian deity into the later cult); per Burkert/West the real transmission, where any, runs through Hurrian-Hittite intermediaries. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1537 | Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU | reception_of | Dumuzi/Tammuz ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ | low | The Hittite Telipinu vanishing-deity pattern as a possible reception of the older Mesopotamian Dumuzi/Tammuz dying-vegetation-deity tradition; structural parallel rather than documented transmission. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 1538 | Inaras ENT_HTT_INARAS | guides | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | high | In the first version of the Illuyanka myth (CTH 321 §§1-8), Inaras devises and executes the strategy that allows Tarhunna (the storm god) to defeat Illuyanka: she prepares the feast that lures the serpent into vulnerability and recruits the mortal Hupasiya to bind him. Tarhunna's victory over Illuyanka is explicitly enabled by Inaras's cunning rather than the storm god's direct power alone. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | Hittite Empire Period PER_HTT_EMPIRE |
| 2101 | Sun Goddess of Arinna ENT_HTT_ARINNA | paired_with | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | high | Hoffner, Hittite Myths: the Sun Goddess of Arinna and the Storm God Tarhunna are the royal divine couple of the Hittite pantheon; she is "Queen of Heaven and Earth" and "mistress of the Hittite lands." | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2102 | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | paired_with | Sun Goddess of Arinna ENT_HTT_ARINNA | high | Hoffner, Hittite Myths: see Arinna paired_with Tarhunna. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2103 | Sun Goddess of Arinna ENT_HTT_ARINNA | equated_with | Hepat ENT_HTT_HEPAT | high | The Sun Goddess of Arinna and the Hurrian goddess Hepat (sun goddess of the Hurrians) were identified in the syncretic Hittite-Hurrian theology of the Late Bronze Age. Hoffner, Hittite Myths, p. 41. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2104 | Sun Goddess of Arinna ENT_HTT_ARINNA | patron_of | Sovereignty ENT_SOVEREIGNTY | high | The Sun Goddess of Arinna was the highest deity of the Hittite state cult, designated "Queen of Heaven and Earth, mistress of the kings and queens of the Hatti land"; her protection was invoked for royal legitimacy. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2105 | Hannahanna ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA | guides | Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU | high | Hoffner, Hittite Myths — Telipinu Myth: when Telipinu disappeared and the world grew barren, Hannahanna the grandmother goddess proposed sending a bee to search for him and anoint him when found, restoring fertility. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2106 | Hannahanna ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA | patron_of | Protection ENT_PROTECTION | high | Hannahanna ("grandmother") is the elder wisdom goddess of the Hittite pantheon; she acts as divine counsellor and protector, intervening to restore cosmic order. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2107 | Alalu ENT_HTT_ALALU | rules | Sovereignty ENT_SOVEREIGNTY | high | Hoffner, Hittite Myths — Song of Kumarbi: "In former times Alalu was king in heaven. Alalu sat upon the throne and the mighty Anu... bowed down at his feet." Alalu was the primordial king of heaven for nine years. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2108 | Alalu ENT_HTT_ALALU | dwells_in | Underworld ENT_UNDERWORLD | high | Hoffner, Hittite Myths — Song of Kumarbi: after being defeated by Anu in the ninth year, Alalu "went down to the dark earth (the underworld)" where he took refuge. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 2109 | Alalu ENT_HTT_ALALU | opposes | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | medium | Hoffner, Hittite Myths — Song of Kumarbi: the Kumarbi Cycle stages a succession war through the chain Alalu → Anu → Kumarbi → Teshub; Alalu's displacement is the first act in the conflict that Teshub ultimately resolves as the ruling storm god. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | approved | |
| 3149 | Aranzah ENT_HTT_ARANZAH | child_of | Kumarbi ENT_HTT_KUMARBI | medium | Aranzah (the Tigris) is born of Anu's seed within Kumarbi (Song of Kumarbi). | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3150 | Tashmishu ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU | child_of | Kumarbi ENT_HTT_KUMARBI | medium | Tashmishu is born of Anu's seed within Kumarbi alongside Teshub. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3151 | Tashmishu ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU | aligned_with | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | high | Tashmishu serves as the brother and vizier of Teshub. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3152 | Seri and Hurri ENT_HTT_SERI_HURRI | aligned_with | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | high | Seri and Hurri draw the chariot of the storm-god Teshub. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3153 | Hazzi ENT_HTT_HAZZI | aligned_with | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | high | Mount Hazzi is the holy mountain of Teshub. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3154 | Kushuh ENT_HTT_KUSHUH | aligned_with | Shimige ENT_HTT_SHIMIGE | medium | Kushuh (moon) and Shimige (sun) are the Hurrian astral pair. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 3155 | Kamrusepa ENT_HTT_KAMRUSEPA | aligned_with | Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU | high | Kamrusepa works the magic that calms the wrath of Telipinu. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5956 | Tarhunna ENT_HTT_TARHUNNA | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Tarhunna is the chief Hittite storm-god. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5957 | Sun Goddess of Arinna ENT_HTT_ARINNA | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | The Sun Goddess of Arinna is the chief state goddess of the Hittite pantheon. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5958 | Hepat ENT_HTT_HEPAT | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Hepat is the Hurrian/Hittite queen of heaven, consort of Teshub. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5959 | Telipinu ENT_HTT_TELIPINU | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Telipinu is a central Hittite vegetation/disappearing god. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5961 | Kamrusepa ENT_HTT_KAMRUSEPA | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Kamrusepa is the Hittite goddess of magic and healing. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5963 | Shaushka ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Shaushka is the great Hurrian/Hittite love-and-war goddess (Ishtar-type). | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5964 | Hannahanna ENT_HTT_HANNAHANNA | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Hannahanna is the Hittite mother/elder goddess of the Telipinu myth. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5965 | Alalu ENT_HTT_ALALU | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Alalu is the first divine king in the Hurrian-Hittite succession myth. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5969 | Kushuh ENT_HTT_KUSHUH | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Kushuh is the Hurrian moon-god of oaths. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5970 | Shimige ENT_HTT_SHIMIGE | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Shimige is the Hurrian sun-god of justice. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5972 | Inaras ENT_HTT_INARAS | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Inara(s) is the Hittite protective/tutelary goddess of the Illuyanka myth. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5975 | Aranzah ENT_HTT_ARANZAH | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Aranzah (the deified Tigris), son of Kumarbi, belongs to the Hurrian-Hittite pantheon. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5976 | Tashmishu ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU | member_of | The Hittite Pantheon ENT_HTT_PANTHEON | high | Tashmishu, brother/vizier of Teshub, belongs to the Hurrian-Hittite pantheon. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5979 | Tashmishu ENT_HTT_TASHMISHU | sibling_of | Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB | medium | Tashmishu is the brother and attendant of Teshub in the Kumarbi cycle. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5984 | Kushuh ENT_HTT_KUSHUH | presides_over | Moon ENT_MOON | high | Kushuh is the Hurrian moon-god. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5985 | Shimige ENT_HTT_SHIMIGE | presides_over | Sun ENT_SUN | high | Shimige is the Hurrian sun-god. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5986 | Kamrusepa ENT_HTT_KAMRUSEPA | presides_over | Magic ENT_MAGIC | high | Kamrusepa is the goddess of magic. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5987 | Kamrusepa ENT_HTT_KAMRUSEPA | presides_over | Healing ENT_HEALING | high | Kamrusepa is the goddess of healing incantations. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5989 | Shaushka ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA | presides_over | Love ENT_LOVE | high | Shaushka governs love and sexuality. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | reviewed | |
| 5990 | Shaushka ENT_HTT_SHAUSHKA | presides_over | War ENT_WAR | high | Shaushka governs war as well as love, the Ishtar-type dual domain. | Harry A. Hoffner Jr., Hittite Myths, 2nd ed. (Society of Biblical Literature, 1998) SRC_HOFFNER_HITTITE_MYTHS | 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]);