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)'}

6 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_EGY_SETH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
204 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH spouse_of Nephthys ENT_EGY_NEPHTHYS medium Seth and Nephthys are paired in the Ennead tradition. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
292 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH opposes Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS high Seth and Horus are rivals in kingship and succession mythology. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
294 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH opposes Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS high Seth is central to the Osiris mythic conflict. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
402 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH embodies Conflict ENT_CONFLICT high Seth is associated with violence, disorder, and divine conflict. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed  
1470 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH received_as Devil ENT_CHR_DEVIL medium Seth's reception as the Christian Devil operates through two parallel routes: (1) Plutarch (De Is. chs. 49-51) systematically equates Seth/Typhon with the principle of cosmic evil opposing Osiris/good — a dualism that Patristic authors absorbed into their cosmological framework. (2) In Late Antique Egypt, Seth was explicitly identified with Satan in Coptic Christian texts; his zoomorphic iconography (long-eared, fork-tailed, red-pelted "Seth animal") contributed to demonic iconographic vocabulary. The Seth→Devil chain is not as direct as Apollo→Apollyon, but the theological and iconographic influence is documented in Late Antique Egyptian Christianity. Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
4173 Seth ENT_EGY_SETH member_of The Invoked Powers of the Magical Papyri ENT_PGM_INVOKED_POWERS high Seth, equated with Typhon, is the principal coercive power of PGM aggressive and curse magic. Greek Magical Papyri SRC_GREEK_MAGICAL_PAPYRI 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]);