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'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_THANATOS"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_THANATOS,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation Thanatos ENT_THANATOS Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY direct attestation Theogony 212: Thanatos (Death) is a son of Nyx, brother of Hypnos; "hateful Night bore... Death and Sleep"; Theogony 756-766: Thanatos and Hypnos share a house at the edge of the world; Hesiod is the foundational text for Thanatos as a personified entity with specific genealogical placement
ENT_THANATOS,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation Thanatos ENT_THANATOS 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 Thanatos (Death) is named in Iliad XIV.231 (son of Night, twin of Sleep/Hypnos) and plays a key role in Iliad XVI.672-683: Zeus sends Hypnos and Thanatos to carry the body of Sarpedon back to Lycia; this is the primary Greek text for Thanatos as a personified death-deity with a specific mythological role
ENT_THANATOS,SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES,index attestation Thanatos ENT_THANATOS Theoi Daemones/personifications index SRC_THEOI_DAIMONES index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_THANATOS,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation Thanatos ENT_THANATOS Theoi Project main index SRC_THEOI_HOME index attestation Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature).
ENT_THANATOS,SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD,index attestation Thanatos ENT_THANATOS Theoi Underworld Gods index SRC_THEOI_UNDERWORLD index attestation Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.

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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]);