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_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES"

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ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES,SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS,scholarly attestation Lleu Llaw Gyffes ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES Miranda Green, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend SRC_GREEN_CELTIC_GODS scholarly attestation Green (1992) pp. 131-132: Lleu as the Welsh cognate of Lugh and Lugus; the "many-skilled" epithet and the solar hero pattern across Celtic traditions; the name etymology from *Lugus
ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Lleu Llaw Gyffes ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: Lleu's story is the climax; three tyngedau from Aranrhod, each circumvented by Gwydion; his marriage to Blodeuwedd; his unique vulnerability (the only spear made only while mass is being said for a year; must be standing with one foot on a goat and one in a bathtub); transformed into an eagle when struck; rescued and restored; the primary text for the Welsh solar-hero tradition and the Lugh/Lugus cognate
ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES,SRC_MACCANA_CELTIC_MYTH,scholarly attestation Lleu Llaw Gyffes ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES Proinsias Mac Cana, Celtic Mythology SRC_MACCANA_CELTIC_MYTH scholarly attestation Mac Cana (1970) pp. 53-57: the Lugus/Lugh/Lleu as the pan-Celtic "many-skilled" deity; the shared name *Lugus (Gaulish) with cognates in Irish Lugh Lámhfhada and Welsh Lleu Llaw Gyffes; Mac Cana argues for a single pan-Celtic prototype

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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]);