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)'}

11 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_HECATE"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
322 Hecate ENT_HECATE protects Dead ENT_DEAD medium Hecate is associated with liminal, ghostly, and chthonic protection. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
361 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Magic ENT_MAGIC high Hecate is a major Greek goddess of magic and liminal ritual power. Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS reviewed  
1337 Hecate ENT_HECATE received_as Hecate (Patristic Reception) ENT_REC_HECATE_PATRISTIC medium Greek Hecate received as a demon or demonic queen in patristic Christian literature; her liminal, chthonic, and magical attributes were recast as demonic in a Christian cosmological frame. Christian demonology reference layer SRC_CHRISTIAN_DEMONOLOGY_GENERAL reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
2161 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Lamia ENT_LAMIA high Lamia, the child-harming demoness, is one of the entities associated with Hecate as goddess of the uncanny and nocturnal threats; late antique sources list Lamia among Hecate's supernatural companions. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2162 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Gello ENT_GELLO high Gello, the child-harming spirit of Byzantine-era Greek tradition, is one of the nocturnal threats associated with the domain of Hecate as goddess of liminal and dangerous night-spirits. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2163 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Mormo ENT_MORMO high Mormo, the bogey used to frighten children, belongs to the retinue of frightening night-daimons associated with Hecate and the underworld; attested in scholiasts on Theocritus. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2164 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Empusa ENT_EMPUSA high Empusa is explicitly one of Hecate's supernatural attendants (Aristophanes Frogs 288-295; scholiasts); she is a shape-shifting demoness who serves the goddess of liminal spaces. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2165 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Empousa ENT_EMPOUSA high Empousa (alternate form of Empusa) belongs to Hecate's nocturnal retinue; attested in Aristophanes Frogs 288-295. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2166 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Mormolykeia ENT_MORMOLYKEIA high Mormolykeia ("Mormo-wolf" bogeys) are a class of frightening night-daimons in Hecate's liminal domain; the term appears in philosophical texts as an example of fearful supernatural beings. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2206 Hecate ENT_HECATE patron_of Lampades ENT_LAMPADES high The Lampades (torch-bearing nymphs) are the attendants of Hecate in the underworld; they carry torches as they accompany the goddess through chthonic realms. Theoi Underworld. Theoi Underworld Gods index SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD approved  
4177 Hecate ENT_HECATE member_of The Invoked Powers of the Magical Papyri ENT_PGM_INVOKED_POWERS high Hekate is fused into the triple lunar goddess invoked in PGM IV. 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]);