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).

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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)'}

9 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_EGY_ISIS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
199 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS parent_of Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS high Horus is child of Isis and Osiris. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
224 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS guardian_of Qebehsenuef ENT_EGY_QEBEHSENUEF medium Protective goddess association in canopic/funerary theology. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
270 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS paired_with Serqet ENT_EGY_SERQET medium Isis and Serqet overlap in protective, healing, and anti-venom contexts. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
324 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS guardian_of Dead ENT_DEAD high Isis protects and restores the dead in Osirian funerary theology. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
337 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS protects Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS high Isis protects and restores Horus in healing/protective mythic contexts. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
338 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS paired_with Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH medium Isis and Thoth both operate in magical and healing traditions. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
359 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS patron_of Magic ENT_MAGIC high Isis is one of the major Egyptian divine figures of magic and healing. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
1472 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS received_as Mary Theotokos ENT_SAINT_MARY medium The Isis → Mary transmission is the most-discussed Egyptian→Christian iconographic reception. Core parallels: (1) Isis lactans (nursing the infant Horus/Harpocrates) is the direct visual antecedent of the Virgo lactans iconographic type, particularly in Egypt where Coptic Christians reused Isis-with-Horus statuary for Mary-with-Jesus. (2) Isis's title "Queen of Heaven" (explicitly attested in inscriptions) was applied to Mary (Jeremiah 7:18 condemns Queen of Heaven worship; the title resurfaces as Mary's Marian title). (3) The crown of stars and lunar crescent, the blue mantle, the mourning at the death of the divine son — all appear in Isis imagery before Mary's. Plutarch (De Is. ch. 52-53) documents the Isis mystery tradition. The most influential scholarly treatment: R.E. Witt, Isis in the Graeco-Roman World (1971). Confidence medium: the iconographic parallels in Late Antique Egypt are strong and documented; the degree to which early Christians consciously drew on Isis tradition (vs. parallel development) is debated. Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
2071 Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS parent_of Harsiese ENT_EGY_HARSIESE high Harsiese means literally "Horus, son of Isis" (Ḥr-sꜣ-Ist); Isis as mother is the defining characteristic of this Horus form. Wilkinson, Complete Gods, pp. 198-201. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS 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]);