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.

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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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN,SRC_KALEVALA,direct attestation Väinämöinen ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala (Kalevala taikka vanhoja Karjalan runoja Suomen kansan muinosista ajoista), expanded edition 1849; trans. Keith Bosley (Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press, 1989) SRC_KALEVALA direct attestation Central figure of the Kalevala across Runos 1-3, 5-11, 16-17, 26-30, 42-50. His birth from Ilmatar (Runo 1-3), contest with Joukahainen (Runo 3), descent to Tuonela (Runo 16), creation of the kantele (Runo 40-41), and departure at the end (Runo 50) are core mythological events.
ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN,SRC_PENTIKÄINEN_KALEVALA,scholarly attestation Väinämöinen ENT_FINN_VAINAMOINEN Juha Pentikäinen, Kalevala Mythology, trans. Ritva Poom (Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 1999) SRC_PENTIKÄINEN_KALEVALA scholarly attestation Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 148-220: Väinämöinen as paradigmatic shaman-figure in Finnish tradition; the soul-journey motif (descent to Tuonela); shamanism and the kantele; comparison with Siberian shaman-hero traditions.

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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]);