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_POSEIDON"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1400 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON received_as Demons ENT_CHR_DEMONS medium Justin Martyr (1 Apol. 24) names Poseidon among the gods who are worshipped at demonic instigation. Augustine (City of God IV.23) discusses Neptune/Poseidon as a false deity whose cult corrupted Roman moral life. Justin Martyr, First and Second Apologies (c. 150–165 CE) SRC_JUSTIN_MARTYR_APOLOGIES reviewed Patristic Period PER_PATRISTIC
1725 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON spouse_of Amphitrite ENT_AMPHITRITE high Hesiod Theogony 930-932: Poseidon and Amphitrite. Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1739 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON parent_of Theseus ENT_THESEUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.15.7: Poseidon and Aethra co-parents of Theseus (divine paternity tradition). Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1873 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON paired_with Pelops ENT_PELOPS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Epitome 2.3: Poseidon loved Pelops and took him to Olympus; later restored him and aided him with winged horses for the race against Oenomaus. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
1933 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON parent_of Triton ENT_TRITON high Hesiod Theogony 930-933: "Poseidon with dark-haired Amphitrite bore Triton the great and strong." Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY approved  
1935 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON parent_of Proteus ENT_PROTEUS high Pseudo-Apollodorus Library 3.3.1 (scholiast): Proteus the shape-shifting Old Man of the Sea is son of Poseidon in the primary genealogical tradition. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2039 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON parent_of Despoina ENT_DESPOINA high Pausanias 8.37.9: Despoina ("the Mistress") is the daughter of Poseidon and Demeter in Arcadian mystery cult; her true name was kept secret. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  
2197 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON patron_of Glaucus ENT_GLAUCUS high Glaucus, the deified fisherman who ate magical herbs and became a sea deity, dwells in the sea under Poseidon's domain; Athenaeus records him as prophesying alongside the Nereids. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library (Bibliotheca) (1st-2nd century CE); trans. Robin Hard (Oxford World's Classics, OUP 2008) SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY approved  
2255 Poseidon ENT_POSEIDON patron_of Telchines ENT_TELCHINES high The Telchines were the original divine craftsmen of Rhodes; they forged the sickle of Cronus, the trident of Poseidon, and were the first to work metal. Poseidon is their primary patron deity. Diodorus Siculus 5.55; Theoi Daimones. Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES approved  

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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]);