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)'}

15 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_NOR_ODIN"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
850 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN patron_of Magic ENT_MAGIC medium Odin is associated with magic and seidr/runes. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH reviewed  
856 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN patron_of War ENT_WAR high Odin is associated with war and victory. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH reviewed  
858 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN patron_of Death ENT_DEATH high Odin is associated with the slain and the dead. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH reviewed  
859 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN patron_of Poetry ENT_POETRY high Odin is associated with poetic inspiration. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
863 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN teaches Wisdom ENT_WISDOM high Odin is strongly associated with wisdom and hidden knowledge. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
872 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN member_of Aesir ENT_NOR_AESIR high Odin is one of the principal Aesir gods. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH reviewed  
3710 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN child_of Borr ENT_NOR_BORR high Odin, son of Borr and Bestla. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3711 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN child_of Bestla ENT_NOR_BESTLA high Odin, son of Bestla. Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA reviewed  
3739 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN deceives_or_tempts Gunnlöð ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD medium Odin seduces Gunnlod to win the Mead of Poetry. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3752 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN opposes Vafþrúðnir ENT_NOR_VAFTHRUDNIR low Odin wins the wisdom-contest against Vafthrudnir. Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA reviewed  
3813 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN equated_with Mercury ENT_ROM_MERCURY high Interpretatio romana: Tacitus (Germania 9; Annals 13.57) names the chief Germanic god "Mercury"; confirmed by the weekday calque dies Mercurii -> Wodnesdaeg (Wednesday). Tacitus, Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum), c. 98 CE SRC_TACITUS_GERMANIA reviewed  
3820 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN aligned_with Hermes ENT_HERMES medium Modern functional parallel: Odin and Hermes as wandering psychopomps, gods of eloquence and hidden knowledge (Davidson; Simek). Layered on the firmer Mercury interpretatio. Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trans. A. Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993) SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN reviewed  
7549 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN parent_of Volsung ENT_GSAGA_VOLSUNG medium Odin is the divine ancestor of the Volsung dynasty. John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2001) SRC_LINDOW_NORSE reviewed  
7783 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN dwells_in Asgard (Ásgarðr) ENT_NORR_ASGARD high Odin resides in Asgard, in his hall Valhalla. John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2001) SRC_LINDOW_NORSE reviewed  
7789 Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN rules Valhalla (Valhöll) ENT_NORR_VALHALLA high Valhalla is Odin's hall of the slain. John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2001) SRC_LINDOW_NORSE 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]);