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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_THRA_GEBELEIZIS"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_THRA_GEBELEIZIS,SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN,scholarly attestation Gebeleizis ENT_THRA_GEBELEIZIS Zosia H. Archibald, The Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace: Orpheus Unmasked (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998) SRC_ARCHIBALD_ODRYSIAN scholarly attestation Archibald (1998) p. 300: Gebeleizis as Getae sky deity; the scholarly debate over identity with or distinction from Zalmoxis; limited evidence counsels caution.
ENT_THRA_GEBELEIZIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Gebeleizis ENT_THRA_GEBELEIZIS Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Herodotus 4.94: sole ancient attestation — the Getae shoot arrows at the sky to threaten Gebeleizis during thunderstorms, believing no god exists but their own. Immediately precedes the Zalmoxis account.

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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]);