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)'}

10 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_ATHENA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
352 Athena ENT_ATHENA patron_of Craft ENT_CRAFT high Athena Ergane is patron of craft and skilled work. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
407 Athena ENT_ATHENA patron_of Strategy ENT_STRATEGY high Athena is associated with strategic war and martial wisdom. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
1402 Athena ENT_ATHENA received_as Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS medium Justin Martyr (1 Apol. 25) names Athena among the demon-promoted false deities. Tertullian and Origen both address Athena/Minerva as belonging to the demonic pantheon. Augustine (City of God XVIII.9) discusses Minerva's mythological traditions as morally scandalous and false. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1521 Athena ENT_ATHENA reception_of Al-Lat ENT_ARA_ALLAT medium Athena as the Greek identification for the north Arabian Al-Lat; Palmyrene inscriptions explicitly equate the two; warrior-wisdom function is the primary basis. John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION reviewed Hellenistic Period PER_GRK_HELLENISTIC
1559 Athena ENT_ATHENA reception_of Potnia ENT_MYC_POTNIA high Athena as the Classical Greek differentiation of the Mycenaean Potnia tradition; "Athana Potnia" at Knossos KN V 52 is the earliest attestation; the goddess named and cult-defined independently in the post-Dark-Age period. Michael Ventris and John Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1973) SRC_VENTRIS_CHADWICK reviewed Mycenaean Period PER_GRK_MYCENAEAN
1575 Athena ENT_ATHENA reception_of Neith ENT_EGY_NEITH high Athena as the Greek reception of the Egyptian Neith of Sais; Herodotus 2.28, 2.59 make the identification explicit; shared warrior-weaver-wisdom attributes. Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES reviewed Late Period PER_EGY_LATE_PERIOD
1868 Athena ENT_ATHENA protects Odysseus ENT_ODYSSEUS high Homer Odyssey passim (esp. 1.48-62, 13.287-310): Athena is the divine protector and guide of Odysseus throughout his ten-year homeward voyage. Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY approved  
1869 Athena ENT_ATHENA protects Cecrops ENT_CECROPS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.14.1: Cecrops was the first king of Attica and judge of the contest between Athena and Poseidon; Athena's patronage of Athens begins with his reign. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1870 Athena ENT_ATHENA protects Erechtheus ENT_ERECHTHEUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.14.6: Erechtheus was raised by Athena, established her cult on the Acropolis, and was eventually worshipped alongside her in the Erechtheion. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2218 Athena ENT_ATHENA slays Pallas ENT_PALLAS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 1.6.2: during the Gigantomachy, Athena slew the Giant Pallas and flayed him, using his skin as her aegis; from Pallas she also took the epithet "Pallas Athena." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  

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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]);