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'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA"

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ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA,SRC_AVESTA,direct attestation Anahita ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA Avesta SRC_AVESTA direct attestation Named in the Avesta.
ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA,SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS,scholarly attestation Anahita ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians SRC_BOYCE_ZOROASTRIANS scholarly attestation Attested in Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians.
ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA,SRC_BUNDAHISHN,direct attestation Anahita ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA Bundahishn SRC_BUNDAHISHN direct attestation Bundahishn 13: Anahita (Aredvi Sura Anahita) is the Yazata of water, fertility, and purification; the Bundahishn documents the cosmic river Ardvi that descends from the heavenly mountain Hara and feeds all the waters of the world; Anahita's role as the guardian of this cosmic water
ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,scholarly attestation Anahita ENT_ZOR_ANAHITA Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES scholarly attestation Histories 1.131: Herodotus notes the Persians sacrifice to "Aphrodite Ourania" — this is almost certainly the Persian Anahita in Greek interpretatio; later confirmed by Artaxerxes II inscriptions; Herodotus is the earliest Greek source linking Persian religion to an Aphrodite-type 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]);