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)'}

7 rows where source_id = "SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
3813 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN equated_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Interpretatio romana: Tacitus (Germania 9; Annals 13.57) names the chief Germanic god "Mercury"; confirmed by the weekday calque dies Mercurii -> Wodnesdaeg (Wednesday). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3814 Tyr ENT_NOR_TYR equated_with Mars ENT_ROM_MARS high Interpretatio romana: Tacitus (Germania 9) gives "Mars" for the war-god Tiwaz/Tyr; weekday calque dies Martis -> Tiwesdaeg (Tuesday). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3815 Thor ENT_NOR_THOR equated_with Heracles ENT_HERACLES high Interpretatio romana: Tacitus (Germania 9) names "Hercules" among the Germanic gods, read by scholars as Thor/Donar on the basis of strength and the club/hammer champion-motif. Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3816 Thor ENT_NOR_THOR equated_with Jupiter ENT_ROM_JUPITER high Interpretatio germanica: the weekday calque dies Iovis -> Thunresdaeg (Thursday) equates the thunderer Donar/Thor with Jupiter Tonans. (A distinct basis from the Tacitean Hercules link.) Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3817 Frigg ENT_NOR_FRIGG equated_with Venus ENT_ROM_VENUS high Interpretatio germanica: the weekday calque dies Veneris -> Frigedaeg (Friday) renders Venus with the chief goddess Frija/Frigg. Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3818 Nerthus ENT_NOR_NERTHUS equated_with Tellus ENT_ROM_TELLUS high Tacitus (Germania 40) explicitly: "Nerthum, id est Terram matrem" — Nerthus is Mother Earth (Roman Terra Mater / Tellus). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3819 The Alcis ENT_NOR_ALCIS equated_with Dioscuri ENT_DIOSCURI high Tacitus (Germania 43): the Nahanarvali twins are, "by Roman interpretation," Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA 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]);