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 source_id = "SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_ISL_DIV,SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE,scholarly attestation Div ENT_ISL_DIV Classical Islamic lore of the jinn (al-Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan; al-Damiri, Hayat al-Hayawan; pre-Islamic Arabian tradition) SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE scholarly attestation The div (Persian dev), a malevolent demonic being of Persianate Islamic and pre-Islamic Iranian tradition (cf. the Avestan daeva), assimilated to the jinn in Islamic-era folklore and prominent in epics such as the Shahnameh.
ENT_ISL_GHUL,SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE,scholarly attestation Ghul ENT_ISL_GHUL Classical Islamic lore of the jinn (al-Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan; al-Damiri, Hayat al-Hayawan; pre-Islamic Arabian tradition) SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE scholarly attestation The ghul (English 'ghoul'), a shape-shifting desert demon of pre-Islamic Arabian and classical Islamic lore that lures and devours lone travellers, classed among the jinn but of marginal, debated status in orthodox cosmology.
ENT_ISL_JINN_CLASSES,SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE,scholarly attestation The Classes of the Jinn ENT_ISL_JINN_CLASSES Classical Islamic lore of the jinn (al-Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan; al-Damiri, Hayat al-Hayawan; pre-Islamic Arabian tradition) SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE scholarly attestation A grouping node for the ranked classes of jinn enumerated in classical Islamic lore (al-Jahiz, al-Damiri) — jinni, shaytan, ifrit, marid, ghul, si'lat and others; the roster and hierarchy differ between authors and are not Quranically fixed.
ENT_ISL_SILAT,SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE,scholarly attestation Si'lat ENT_ISL_SILAT Classical Islamic lore of the jinn (al-Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan; al-Damiri, Hayat al-Hayawan; pre-Islamic Arabian tradition) SRC_ISLAMIC_JINN_LORE scholarly attestation The si'lat (or si'la), a cunning, often female class of jinn in classical Arabian lore, sometimes paired with or distinguished from the ghul; sparsely and inconsistently described.

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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]);