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 subject_entity_id = "ENT_BALT_VELNIAS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2284 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS opposed_by Perkūnas ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS high Velnias is the chthonic antagonist of Perkūnas in the cosmic battle myth; he flees into the earth, trees, and water to escape Perkūnas's lightning. Greimas (1992) pp. 121-150. Algirdas Julien Greimas, Of Gods and Men: Studies in Lithuanian Mythology (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1992; trans. Milda Newman and Joseph Fitzgerald) SRC_GREIMAS_LITHUANIAN reviewed Baltic Pre-Christian Period PER_BALT_PAGAN
2293 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS aligned_with Hel ENT_NOR_HEL medium Velnias governs the Baltic realm of the dead (vėlės) as a chthonic divine being, functionally parallel to Hel's underworld rule; the parallel is structural (lord of the dead) rather than etymological. Gimbutas (1963) p. 200. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed Baltic Pre-Christian Period PER_BALT_PAGAN
2476 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS dwells_in Underworld ENT_UNDERWORLD high Velnias is the Baltic chthonic deity dwelling below; lord of the dead and cattle, pursued across the sky by Perkūnas in the storm-myth. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed  
2477 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS patron_of Magic ENT_MAGIC medium Velnias is associated with magic, cattle, and the dead — the structural counterpart of Slavic Veles, with whom he is aligned. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed  
5709 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS member_of The Baltic Pantheon ENT_BALT_PANTHEON high Velnias, chthonic god of the dead, belongs to the Baltic pantheon. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed  
5727 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS presides_over Death ENT_DEATH high Velnias is the Baltic god of the dead and the underworld. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS reviewed  
5728 Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS opposes Perkūnas ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS high The chthonic god of the dead Velnias is the mythic adversary chased by the thunder-god Perkūnas. Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS 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]);