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)'}

3 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_SYN_MITHRAS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1439 Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS reception_of Mithra ENT_ZOR_MITHRA medium Mithras as Roman reception of Zoroastrian/Iranian Mithra; name cognate; solar and covenantal attributes shared; degree of doctrinal continuity debated (Cumont vs. Ulansey). Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed Late Antiquity PER_LATE_ANTIQUE
4184 Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS member_of The Invoked Powers of the Magical Papyri ENT_PGM_INVOKED_POWERS high The Mithras of PGM IV's 'Mithras Liturgy' is invoked as the solar god of a ritual ascent and immortalization rite. Greek Magical Papyri SRC_GREEK_MAGICAL_PAPYRI reviewed  
7235 Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS member_of Mithraic Mysteries ENT_MITH_MYSTERIES high Mithras is the tutelary god of the Roman Mithraic mystery cult; wires the pre-existing Mithras into the new hub. Clauss ch.1. Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, Religions of Rome SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS 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]);