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)'}

15 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_CHR_DEMONS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
714 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS associated_ritual Possession ENT_POSSESSION high Demons are strongly associated with possession in Christian demonology. Christian demonology reference layer SRC_CHRISTIAN_DEMONOLOGY_GENERAL reviewed  
716 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS causes_affliction Disease ENT_DISEASE medium Demons can be associated with affliction and illness in Christian texts. Christian demonology reference layer SRC_CHRISTIAN_DEMONOLOGY_GENERAL reviewed  
719 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS embodies Evil ENT_EVIL high Demons are adversarial/evil spirits in Christian demonology. Christian demonology reference layer SRC_CHRISTIAN_DEMONOLOGY_GENERAL reviewed  
953 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS belongs_to_realm Darkness ENT_DARKNESS high Manichaean demons belong to the dark powers. Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China SRC_LIEU_MANICHAEISM reviewed  
1399 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Hera ENT_HERA medium Hera received into the Christian demonic class; patristic authors treated Hera/Juno worship as demonic deception. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1401 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON medium Poseidon received into the Christian demonic class; explicitly named in Justin Martyr as a demon-worshipped deity. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1403 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Athena ENT_ATHENA medium Athena received into the Christian demonic class; named by Justin Martyr and discussed by Tertullian, Origen, and Augustine as a demon-promoted false deity. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1405 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Ares ENT_ARES medium Ares received into the Christian demonic class; explicitly named by Justin Martyr among demon-worshipped gods. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1407 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Hephaestus ENT_HEPHAESTUS medium Hephaestus received into the Christian demonic class; named by Justin Martyr among demon-promoted gods. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1409 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Artemis ENT_ARTEMIS medium Artemis received into the Christian demonic class; Acts 19 frames her Ephesian cult as the pre-eminent pagan demonic opposition; Justin Martyr names her explicitly. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1411 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE medium Aphrodite received into the Christian demonic class; her sexual cult was a primary patristic example of demonic moral corruption. Augustine of Hippo, De Civitate Dei (413–426 CE) SRC_AUGUSTINE_CITY_OF_GOD reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1413 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Demeter ENT_DEMETER medium Demeter received into the Christian demonic class; her Eleusinian Mysteries were the pre-eminent patristic example of demonic sacramental counterfeit. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1415 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Dionysus ENT_DIONYSUS medium Dionysus received into the Christian demonic class; Justin Martyr explicitly names him and argues his myth is a demonic anticipatory counterfeit of the resurrection. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1417 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS reception_of Hestia ENT_HESTIA low Hestia/Vesta included in the general patristic demonization of the Olympian pantheon; less individually named than other Olympians. Augustine of Hippo, De Civitate Dei (413–426 CE) SRC_AUGUSTINE_CITY_OF_GOD reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
7833 Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS dwells_in Hell (Christian) ENT_CHRR_HELL high The demons inhabit Hell with their prince the Devil. Christian demonology reference layer SRC_CHRISTIAN_DEMONOLOGY_GENERAL 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]);