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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{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

14 rows where source_id = "SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS"

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ENT_CAN_ANAT,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Anat ENT_CAN_ANAT N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Anat is Baal's sister and defender; KTU 1.3 (she slaughters warriors), 1.6 (she retrieves Baal from the underworld); Wyatt (2002) pp. 70-89; the most ferocious goddess in the Ugaritic texts
ENT_CAN_ASHERAH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Athirat/Asherah ENT_CAN_ASHERAH N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Athirat/Asherah is El's consort and "Lady of the Sea"; KTU 1.3-4 (Baal appeals to her as intercessor with El); Wyatt (2002) pp. 63-70, 88-106; her role as the divine mother and El's queen
ENT_CAN_ASTARTE,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Astarte ENT_CAN_ASTARTE N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Astarte appears in Ugaritic texts alongside Anat; KTU 1.14 (Keret Epic); Wyatt (2002) pp. 176-212; her role as the Venus goddess and queen of heaven; cognate with the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar
ENT_CAN_BAAL,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Baal Hadad ENT_CAN_BAAL N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Baal Hadad is the protagonist of the Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1-6); Wyatt (2002) pp. 33-120 (Baal and Yam), 106-182 (Baal and Mot); his palace-building, death, and resurrection are the central narrative
ENT_CAN_DAGON,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Dagon ENT_CAN_DAGON N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation KTU 1.5 VI 24: "Baal son of Dagon"; Wyatt (2002) pp. 141-142 on Dagon's parentage role
ENT_CAN_EL,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation El ENT_CAN_EL N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation El is the patriarch of the Ugaritic pantheon; KTU 1.1-6 (Baal Cycle) throughout; KTU 1.65 (El's feast); Wyatt (2002) pp. 1-10, 329-348; El as "Father of Years," the creator god, husband of Athirat
ENT_CAN_KOTHAR,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Kothar-wa-Khasis ENT_CAN_KOTHAR N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Kothar-wa-Khasis ("Skillful and Clever") is the divine craftsman who forges Baal's clubs (Yagrush and Aymur) for his battle against Yam; KTU 1.1-2; Wyatt (2002) pp. 40-50; his workshops are in Egypt (Kaphtor/Crete) in the Ugaritic texts
ENT_CAN_LOTAN,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Lotan ENT_CAN_LOTAN N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Lotan (the twisting/fleeing serpent) is slain by Baal or Anat; KTU 1.5 I 1-3: "When you smote Lotan the fleeing serpent, annihilated the twisting serpent"; Wyatt (2002) pp. 113-115; Lotan is the Ugaritic original of the Hebrew Leviathan
ENT_CAN_MOT,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Mot ENT_CAN_MOT N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Mot (Death) is Baal's principal adversary; KTU 1.4 V - 1.6 VI (the Baal-Mot conflict; Baal's descent into Mot's throat and death; Anat's vengeance; Baal's resurrection); Wyatt (2002) pp. 100-168; the underworld deity whose challenge to Baal structures the cycle
ENT_CAN_REPHAIM,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Rephaim ENT_CAN_REPHAIM N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation The Rephaim (the dead kings/heroes) appear in the Ugaritic texts as divine or semi-divine beings summoned to feasts; KTU 1.20-22 (the Rephaim texts); Wyatt (2002) pp. 317-334; the Ugaritic Rephaim illuminate the biblical Rephaim as giant ancient peoples
ENT_CAN_RESHEPH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Resheph ENT_CAN_RESHEPH N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Ugaritic texts: Resheph as gatekeeper at El's court; Wyatt (2002) pp. 398-399
ENT_CAN_SHAPASH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Shapash ENT_CAN_SHAPASH N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Shapash (the sun) mediates between Baal and the underworld in KTU 1.6 IV-VI; she declares Baal's victory in the final resolution of the Baal-Mot conflict; Wyatt (2002) pp. 160-165; a female sun deity in Ugaritic tradition
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Yam (Sea) is Baal's first great enemy; KTU 1.1-2 (Baal vs. Yam); Wyatt (2002) pp. 33-64; the combat between Baal and the primordial sea is a key Ugaritic myth with wide Near Eastern comparanda (Marduk-Tiamat, YHWH-Leviathan)
ENT_CAN_YARIKH,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Yarikh ENT_CAN_YARIKH N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Yarikh (the moon) is attested in the Ugaritic texts; KTU 1.24 (the Wedding of Yarikh and Nikkal); Wyatt (2002) pp. 335-341; the moon deity whose name survives in the toponym Jericho (Yericho)

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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]);