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)'}

3 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_ARA_DUSHARA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2398 Dushara ENT_ARA_DUSHARA aligned_with Zeus ENT_ZEUS medium Dushara was identified by Greek and Roman authors with both Dionysus (his primary Greek equation, reflected in the existing received_as relationship) and Zeus/Jupiter as the supreme deity of the Arabs. Epiphanius of Salamis (Panarion 51.22, c. 375 CE) refers to the cult of "Dusares" as the "lord of all" in terms parallel to Zeus. Nabataean bilingual inscriptions from the Hauran and from Puteoli (Italy, where a Nabataean merchant community established a Dushara temple) sometimes render his epithet in terms that parallel Zeus's sovereignty function. The dual Dionysus/Zeus identification reflects Dushara's complex divine profile — he was both a vegetation/wine deity (Dionysus aspect) and a sky/supreme deity (Zeus aspect), consistent with a chief deity who combines cosmic sovereignty with chthonic fertility power. Confidence medium: the Zeus alignment is secondary to the Dionysus equation in most ancient sources, and reflects interpretive variation rather than a single explicit primary-text equation. Healey (2001) pp. 95-100. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION reviewed Pre-Islamic Arabia (Jahiliyyah) PER_ARA_PRE_ISLAMIC
4286 Dushara ENT_ARA_DUSHARA member_of The Nabataean Pantheon ENT_NAB_PANTHEON high Dushara is the supreme dynastic god of the Nabataeans, attested at Petra, Bostra and Hegra. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION reviewed  
4291 Dushara ENT_ARA_DUSHARA equated_with Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS high Greek/Roman sources identify Dushara with Dionysus (interpretatio graeca). John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION 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]);