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'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_JM_LILITH"

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ENT_JM_LILITH,SRC_ALPHABET_BEN_SIRA,direct attestation Lilith ENT_JM_LILITH Alphabet of Ben Sira (Aleph-Bet de-Ben Sira, c. 9th–11th century CE) SRC_ALPHABET_BEN_SIRA direct attestation The Lilith-as-Adam's-first-wife narrative (23rd entry); primary source for the tradition that became standard in Kabbalistic demonology
ENT_JM_LILITH,SRC_DDD_BIBLE,direct attestation Lilith ENT_JM_LILITH Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE direct attestation Isaiah 34:14 — "lilit" as night creature in the desolation of Edom; DDD_BIBLE s.v. "Lilith" surveys the biblical and post-biblical evidence
ENT_JM_LILITH,SRC_ZOHAR,scholarly attestation Lilith ENT_JM_LILITH Zohar SRC_ZOHAR scholarly attestation Lilith as consort of Samael and queen of demons; the dark feminine counterpart of the Shekhinah; extensively discussed in Zohar and Zohar Chadash

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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]);