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)'}

4 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_ZOR_MITHRA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
897 Mithra ENT_ZOR_MITHRA patron_of Justice ENT_JUSTICE high Mithra is associated with contracts, oaths, and justice. Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
1308 Mithra ENT_ZOR_MITHRA embodies Light ENT_LIGHT medium Mithra embodies light and solar radiance as a deity of light in Iranian tradition. Avesta SRC_AVESTA reviewed  
1438 Mithra ENT_ZOR_MITHRA received_as Mithras ENT_SYN_MITHRAS medium The Roman mystery cult deity Mithras is the reception of the Iranian/Zoroastrian Mithra (Avestan: Miθra, "covenant/contract"). Both are solar-associated figures of light, truth, and the cosmic struggle against darkness. The Roman cult (1st–4th c. CE) shares iconographic elements (Mithra/Mithras slaying a bull; solar associations; military popularity) and the name is directly cognate. Scholarly debate persists on the degree of continuity: Cumont argued direct inheritance from Iranian religion; Ulansey (1989) and Merkelbach (1984) argued for substantial Roman innovation. Medium confidence: the name and some attributes are continuous; the degree of doctrinal transmission is disputed. Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS reviewed Late Antiquity PER_LATE_ANTIQUE
7840 Mithra ENT_ZOR_MITHRA presides_over Chinvat Bridge ENT_RLMX_CHINVAT medium Mithra is one of the three judging yazatas at the Chinvat Bridge in Zoroastrian eschatology. Avesta SRC_AVESTA 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]);