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'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_NOR_NORNS"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_NOR_NORNS,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation Norns ENT_NOR_NORNS Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA direct attestation Völuspá (three great Norns carve on wooden slips and assign destinies at the well of Urðr; named as Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld); Fáfnismál and Sigrdrífumál (other Norns mentioned); the primary Eddic source for the Norns as fate-spinners
ENT_NOR_NORNS,SRC_PROSE_EDDA,direct attestation Norns ENT_NOR_NORNS Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda SRC_PROSE_EDDA direct attestation Named in Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda.
ENT_NOR_NORNS,SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Norns ENT_NOR_NORNS Rudolf Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology SRC_SIMEK_NORTHERN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Simek, Dictionary of Northern Mythology.

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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]);