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)'}

9 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_MES_ENKI_EA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
462 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA patron_of Magic ENT_MAGIC high Enki/Ea is associated with magic and ritual wisdom. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
469 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA patron_of Water ENT_WATER high Enki/Ea is associated with the apsu and fresh waters. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
485 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA patron_of Craft ENT_CRAFT medium Enki/Ea is associated with wisdom, creation, craft, and technical knowledge. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
495 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA patron_of Technology ENT_TECHNOLOGY medium Enki/Ea is associated with civilizing knowledge and technical arts. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
1582 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA member_of Anunnaki ENT_MES_ANUNNAKI high Enki/Ea is the third of the three chief Anunnaki; he receives dominion over the Abzu (the subterranean sweet water) when the cosmos is divided; he is the cleverest of the Anunnaki ("Enki surpasses all gods in wisdom" — Hymn to Enki) and frequently acts as the intermediary between the divine assembly and humanity. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1583 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA paired_with Ninhursag ENT_MES_NINHURSAG high Enki and Ninhursag (ETCSL 1.1.1) is one of the most important Sumerian mythological compositions; Enki and Ninhursag are the divine couple in Dilmun (the sacred land); their sexual encounters and the resulting chain of offspring goddesses drives the narrative; their complex relationship (creative partnership that turns to conflict when Enki eats the plants Ninhursag grew, then reconciliation when Ninhursag heals Enki's ailments) establishes them as a divine creative pair whose interaction generates life and the divine order of nature. Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature SRC_ETCSL reviewed Early Mesopotamian PER_MES_EARLY
1600 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA aligned_with Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS low Functional/typological cognate (no attested diffusion of the Mesopotamian deity into the later cult); per Burkert/West the real transmission, where any, runs through Hurrian-Hittite intermediaries. Martin L. West, The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997) SRC_WEST_EAST_HELICON reviewed Archaic Period PER_GRK_ARCHAIC
4467 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA creator_of Kulla ENT_MES_KULLA high Ea forms the brick-god Kulla from clay for building rites. Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed  
4468 Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA creator_of Saltu ENT_MES_SALTU high Ea creates Saltu ("Strife") from the dirt of his fingernails to humble Ishtar in the Agushaya Hymn. Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature SRC_FOSTER_MUSES 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]);