Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_EGY_HATHOR"

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ENT_EGY_HATHOR,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation Hathor ENT_EGY_HATHOR R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS direct attestation PT Utterance 247 (§ 261) and throughout: Hathor receives the dead king with her embrace; she provides milk and nourishment; her role as "she who is in the horizon" connects her to the solar cycle; multiple utterances describe the king entering Hathor's arms
ENT_EGY_HATHOR,SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Hathor ENT_EGY_HATHOR Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Pinch, Egyptian Mythology.
ENT_EGY_HATHOR,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Hathor ENT_EGY_HATHOR Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation Hathor is identified in De Iside et Osiride with Aphrodite (and with Isis in her loving aspect); Plutarch discusses the Aphrodite-Hathor equation (De Iside 39) in the context of the interpretatio graeca of Egyptian religion
ENT_EGY_HATHOR,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Hathor ENT_EGY_HATHOR Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS scholarly attestation Initial Egyptian seed reference.

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);