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_MER_MANDULIS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
2363 Mandulis ENT_MER_MANDULIS aligned_with Ra ENT_EGY_RA medium Mandulis is described in the Isidoros Hymn from Kalabsha as the solar deity who illuminates the world, drives away darkness, and oversees cosmic order — functions parallel to those of Egyptian Ra. His falcon-headed iconography with solar disk directly borrows the Ra-Harakhty iconographic convention. Confidence medium: the alignment is structural and iconographic; ancient sources associate Mandulis with solar power without explicitly equating him with Ra by name. Török (1997) p. 480. László Török, The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1: The Near and Middle East, Vol. 31; E.J. Brill, Leiden / New York / Cologne, 1997) SRC_TÖRÖK_MEROE reviewed Napatan–Meroitic Kingdom of Kush PER_MER_NAPATAN_MEROITIC
2364 Mandulis ENT_MER_MANDULIS aligned_with Horus ENT_EGY_HORUS medium Mandulis is depicted as falcon-headed in his solar form, and the Isidoros Hymn describes his epiphany in terms closely parallel to Horus as the solar falcon. In some Meroitic temple contexts, Mandulis is depicted receiving offerings alongside Horus, suggesting a close theological alignment. The solar warrior deity parallel — Horus as the solar champion who defeats Set, Mandulis as the solar deity who drives away darkness — is structurally strong. Confidence medium: iconographic and contextual rather than explicit equation. Török (1997) p. 481. László Török, The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1: The Near and Middle East, Vol. 31; E.J. Brill, Leiden / New York / Cologne, 1997) SRC_TÖRÖK_MEROE reviewed Napatan–Meroitic Kingdom of Kush PER_MER_NAPATAN_MEROITIC

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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]);