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'}

16 rows where source_id = "SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_BALT_DIEVAS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Dievas ENT_BALT_DIEVAS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 197-198: Dievas as sky-farmer deity; PIE *Dyēus cognate; folk song iconography.
ENT_BALT_GABIJA,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Gabija ENT_BALT_GABIJA Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 204-205: Gabija hearth fire; Romowe eternal flame; vestal priestesses.
ENT_BALT_JURASMATE,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Jūras māte (Mother of the Sea) ENT_BALT_JURASMATE Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation The Latvian 'Mother of the Sea', a tutelary goddess of the waters and one of the most prominent of the Mātes in the daina folk songs.
ENT_BALT_LAIMA,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Laima ENT_BALT_LAIMA Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 202-203: Laima as fate goddess; cuckoo oracle; birth and death fate.
ENT_BALT_MATES,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation The Mātes (the Latvian Mothers) ENT_BALT_MATES Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation The many Latvian 'mother' goddesses (Mātes), each presiding over a natural domain, attested in the dainas as Meža māte, Jūras māte, Zemes māte, Vēja māte, and dozens more.
ENT_BALT_MEDEINA,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Medeina ENT_BALT_MEDEINA Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 200, 206: Medeina; sacred grove (alka) tradition; Jan Lasicki 1615 attestation.
ENT_BALT_MENESS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Meness ENT_BALT_MENESS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) p. 204: Meness as masculine moon deity; divorce from Saulė myth.
ENT_BALT_PANTHEON,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation The Baltic Pantheon ENT_BALT_PANTHEON Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Collective grouping of the deities and spirits of the Baltic peoples (Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian) as reconstructed by Gimbutas and Greimas from folklore and medieval chronicles.
ENT_BALT_PATULAS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Patulas (Pikuolis) ENT_BALT_PATULAS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Old Prussian god of the dead and the underworld (Patulas/Pikuolis/Pecols), the third of the Romuva triad, lord of night and darkness.
ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Perkūnas ENT_BALT_PERKUNAS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 199-200: Perkūnas etymology, iconography, vs. Velnias myth cycle.
ENT_BALT_POTRIMPO,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Potrimpo ENT_BALT_POTRIMPO Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Old Prussian god of running waters and grain, one of the triad on the banner of Romuva, associated with fertility and good fortune.
ENT_BALT_RAGANA,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Ragana ENT_BALT_RAGANA Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 207-208: Ragana as shapeshifting witch-spirit; ethnographic collection 17th-18th c.
ENT_BALT_SAULE,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Saulė ENT_BALT_SAULE Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 203-204: Saulė as feminine sun deity; copper chariot; amber; spinning.
ENT_BALT_USINS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Ūsiņš ENT_BALT_USINS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Latvian god of horses, bees, and the returning light of spring, celebrated at the festival marking the start of pasturing.
ENT_BALT_VELNIAS,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Velnias ENT_BALT_VELNIAS Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) pp. 200-201: Velnias as lord of dead, cattle, magic; vs. Perkūnas myth.
ENT_BALT_ZEMYNA,SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS,scholarly attestation Žemyna ENT_BALT_ZEMYNA Marija Gimbutas, The Balts (Thames and Hudson, London, 1963) SRC_GIMBUTAS_BALTS scholarly attestation Gimbutas (1963) p. 205: Žemyna libation; earth-mother of living and dead.

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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]);