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_EGY_ATEN"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2266 Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN cult_form_of Ra ENT_EGY_RA high Aten began as an aspect or visible disk of Ra before being elevated to independent supreme deity status. The full Amarna royal titulary reads "Ra-Horakhty who rejoices in the Horizon in his name Shu who is Aten," explicitly linking Aten to Ra-Horakhty. Murnane (1995); Wilkinson (2003) p. 236. William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1995) SRC_MURNANE_AMARNA reviewed  
2267 Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN identified_with Ra-Horakhty ENT_EGY_RA_HORAKHTY high The early Amarna epithet explicitly merges Aten with Ra-Horakhty: "The living Aten who began life, Ra-Horakhty who rejoices in the horizon." This identification was gradually dropped as Aten was elevated to sole deity; Wilkinson (2003) p. 237. William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1995) SRC_MURNANE_AMARNA reviewed  
2268 Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN opposes Amun ENT_EGY_AMUN high Akhenaten's Amarna revolution was in part directed against the powerful Amun priesthood at Thebes; Aten as sole deity replaced Amun, and Akhenaten had Amun's name excised from monuments. The theological opposition is historically documented. Wilkinson (2003) pp. 236-240. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS 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]);