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_MOIRAI"

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ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Moirai ENT_MOIRAI Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 217-220: the three Moirai (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos — "who give mortal men evil and good to have") are daughters of Night in the first account; Theogony 901-906 gives a second account: born of Zeus and Themis; Hesiod is the foundational text for the Moirai as three named goddesses of destiny; the first account (as daughters of Nyx) places them outside divine authority, the second subordinates them to Zeus
ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Moirai ENT_MOIRAI Homer, Iliad and Odyssey (c. 750-675 BCE); trans. Richmond Lattimore (Iliad, Univ. of Chicago 1951) and trans. Emily Wilson (Odyssey, Norton 2017) SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY direct attestation The Moirai (Fates) are named in the Iliad as the force that assigns each person their portion at birth; Iliad XXIV.209-210 (Hecuba says a Moira gave Hector his spirit); XX.127; the concept of moira as a binding fate operates throughout both epics; the three-fold Clotho/Lachesis/Atropos division is Hesiodic, not Homeric
ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation Moirai ENT_MOIRAI Theoi Greek Gods category index SRC_THEOI_GODS index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_MOIRAI,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Moirai ENT_MOIRAI Theoi Project main index SRC_THEOI_HOME index attestation Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature).

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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]);