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'}

6 rows where source_id = "SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA"

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ENT_ARM_ANAHIT,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Anahit ENT_ARM_ANAHIT James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 121-250: the most extensive treatment; Anahit as Armenian transformation of Zoroastrian Anahita; the shift from water-purity deity to the broadest functional deity in the Armenian pantheon; Strabo Geography XI.14.16 on the Erez temple and statue.
ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Aramazd ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 78-120: etymology (Ahura Mazda → Aramazd via regular Armenian sound change); the Iranian theological substratum; Aramazd's transformation from cosmic-order deity to sky-father under Hellenistic influence.
ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Astghik ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 340-380: Astghik as convergence of Semitic Astarte and Iranian traditions in Armenian highlands; the Vardavar festival as survival; the star symbolism.
ENT_ARM_NANE,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Nane ENT_ARM_NANE James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 322-340: Nane and the Mesopotamian Nana tradition; the Iranian connection; her war-wisdom domain as complement to Anahit's fertility-love domain.
ENT_ARM_TIR,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Tir ENT_ARM_TIR James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 380-440: Tir's etymology and function; the possible connection to Avestan Tishtrya (star Sirius); the Hermes and Apollo equations; scribal deity traditions.
ENT_ARM_VAHAGN,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Vahagn ENT_ARM_VAHAGN James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 443-500: Vahagn as Armenian reception of Zoroastrian Verethragna (god of victory, dragon-slayer) via Parthian Wahrāgn; the fire imagery of the birth hymn; the Heracles equation in the Hellenistic period.

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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]);