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)'}

2 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_ITA_FLORA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2468 Flora ENT_ITA_FLORA aligned_with Demeter ENT_DEMETER low Flora and Demeter share the domain of agricultural vegetation and seasonal fertility: Demeter presides over grain and the fruitfulness of cultivated fields; Flora presides over flowering plants and the spring bloom that precedes harvest. The structural parallel is noted by ancient writers who pair them as complementary seasonal goddesses. However, the identification is weaker than Faunus/Pan or Ops/Saturn: Flora was not systematically equated with Demeter in the way other Roman deities were matched with Greek counterparts. Ovid (Fasti 5.195-372) emphasizes Flora's Greek identity as Chloris rather than as Demeter/Ceres, and Ceres is the primary Roman equivalent of Demeter. Confidence low: functional/domain parallel, not explicit ancient identification. Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC
2469 Flora ENT_ITA_FLORA aligned_with Ceres ENT_ROM_CERES medium Flora and Ceres are complementary Roman agricultural deities: Ceres presides over grain cultivation and the staple crops; Flora presides over the flowering plants and spring bloom that announces the growing season. Their Floralia (28 April) and the Cerealia (19 April) fall within days of each other in the Roman festival calendar, and both are associated with abundance, fertility, and the plebeian festival calendar. Ovid (Fasti 4-5) treats their festivals consecutively, implying a conceptual pairing. The alignment is functional rather than mythological: they are not identified as the same deity but belong to the same domain cluster of vegetation and fertility. Ovid Fasti 4 (Cerealia) and 5 (Floralia). Ovid, Fasti SRC_OVID_FASTI reviewed Archaic Italic (c. 900–509 BCE) PER_ITA_ARCHAIC

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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]);