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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_WEL_BRAN"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_WEL_BRAN,SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS,scholarly attestation Brân the Blessed ENT_WEL_BRAN Miranda Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS scholarly attestation Green (1992) pp. 35-36: Brân and the Celtic cult of the divine severed head; the head as the seat of divine power that continues to speak after death; Green documents the archaeological evidence for the head cult alongside the literary tradition
ENT_WEL_BRAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Brân the Blessed ENT_WEL_BRAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Second Branch (Branwen ferch Llŷr): Bran is the narrative's dominant figure; he gives the Cauldron of Rebirth to Matholwch; leads the invasion of Ireland; is mortally wounded by the poisoned spear of Llassar; commands his head to be carried to Gwales for 87 years of speaking/feasting; the text is the primary source for the Welsh sacred-head tradition and the divine giant-king figure

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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]);