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'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS"

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ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS,SRC_AVESTA,direct attestation Amesha Spentas ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS Avesta SRC_AVESTA direct attestation Named in the Avesta.
ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS,SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS,scholarly attestation Amesha Spentas ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS scholarly attestation Attested in Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians.
ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS,SRC_BUNDAHISHN,direct attestation Amesha Spentas ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS Bundahishn SRC_BUNDAHISHN direct attestation Bundahishn 3 and throughout: the six Amesha Spentas (Beneficent Immortals) created by Ahura Mazda as his divine agents, each assigned guardianship of one of the six material creations; the Bundahishn provides the most systematic account of their domains and relationships
ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS,SRC_MENOG_I_KHRAD,primary text attestation Amesha Spentas ENT_ZOR_AMESHA_SPENTAS Menog-i Khrad (The Spirit of Wisdom), Pahlavi text, 6th c. CE SRC_MENOG_I_KHRAD primary text attestation discussed in the Pahlavi wisdom text Menog-i Khrad

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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]);