entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_ADONIS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: the Adonis cult as the Greek reception of the Dumuzi/Tammuz dying-and-rising deity tradition, transmitted via Phoenician mediation through Cyprus; the name ""Adonis"" itself from Phoenician adon (""lord""); primary scholarly documentation of this transmission"
ENT_APHRODITE,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: Aphrodite as the primary Greek reception of the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar and Phoenician Astarte; the orientalizing context of the Cypriot Aphrodite cult; the ""oriental"" features that distinguish Aphrodite from typical Olympic goddesses"
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Heracles as the primary Greek hero who shows structural parallels with Gilgamesh; the lion-skin, the divine companion (Iolaus parallel to Enkidu), the Labors as monster-slaying, the quest for immortality; Burkert is cautious about direct transmission but documents the contact"
ENT_HTT_KUMARBI,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 18-22: Kumarbi as the Hurrian prototype for Kronos; the Hittite Kumarbi cycle (Song of Kumarbi) as the near-eastern tradition behind the Hesiodic succession myth; key evidence for the transmission via Anatolian-Greek contact
ENT_HTT_TESHUB,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 22-29: Teshub the Hurrian storm deity as a prototype for Zeus in the succession narrative context; the Teshub-Kumarbi conflict as a structural template for the Zeus-Kronos conflict
ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 29-34: Ullikummi (the stone giant created by Kumarbi to fight Teshub) as the Hurrian prototype for the Greek Typhon; the narrative of the defeated god creating a monster for revenge
ENT_KRONOS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 18-22: Kronos as the Greek reception of Kumarbi (Hurrian) and the ""succession myth"" pattern; the castration-by-son narrative links the Hurrian Theogony to Hesiod's Theogony via the Hittite-Mycenaean contact zone; a centerpiece of Burkert's argument"
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: the Enki/Ea-as-divine-benefactor pattern and its structural parallel with Prometheus; both defy divine authority to preserve humanity; Burkert notes the comparison while acknowledging no direct transmission is documented
ENT_MES_GILGAMESH,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Gilgamesh as a structural parallel to Heracles; the two-thirds divine / one-third human hero with a divine companion, monster-slaying labors, and a quest for immortality; Burkert documents the ways Gilgamesh material entered Greek heroic tradition via the Orientalizing period"
ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: the transmission of the Inanna/Ishtar tradition into the Greek Aphrodite figure via Cypriot and Phoenician mediation; the shared Queen of Heaven / Venus star / love-war combination; the Adonis cult as the Dumuzi/Tammuz reception in Cyprus
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: Prometheus as a possible Greek reception of the Mesopotamian divine-benefactor archetype; the structural parallel with Enki/Ea who warns humanity against the divine assembly's decree
ENT_TYPHON,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 29-34: Typhon as the Greek reception of both Ullikummi (Hurrian) and Tiamat (Babylonian); the ""great monster created to fight the champion"" narrative pattern; the Syrian connection of Typhon's myth (located near Cilicia in Greek tradition)"
ENT_ZEUS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation,"Burkert (1992) pp. 22-29: Zeus as the victorious storm deity who defeats the monster after the divine succession; the Teshub/Zeus and Marduk/Zeus parallels; the ""storm-deity fights monster"" pattern transmitted from Mesopotamia and Anatolia into Greek mythology"