{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where entity_class = \"monster\"", "rows": [["ENT_BSQ_MAIRU", "Mairu", null, "Basque", "Giant", "Mythic being", "megalith-building; wilderness", null, "regional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Race of giants of Basque legend held to have built the dolmens and stone megaliths (mairubaratza).", "monster"], ["ENT_BSQ_SUGAAR", "Sugaar (Sugoi)", null, "Basque", "serpent", "Deity", "serpents; storms; lightning", null, "regional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0)", 0, 0, 0, "Male serpent or dragon spirit, the consort of Mari, associated with thunder and storms; also called Sugoi or Maju.", "monster"], ["ENT_BSQ_TARTALO", "Tartalo", null, "Basque", "Giant", "Mythic being", "wilderness; man-eating", null, "regional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0)", 0, 0, 0, "One-eyed man-eating giant of Basque folklore, a Cyclops-type figure paralleling the Greek Polyphemus motif.", "monster"], ["ENT_CAN_LOTAN", "Lotan", null, "Canaanite/Ugaritic", "Chaos serpent", "Monster", "chaos; sea; serpent; dragon", null, "Northwest Semitic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Canaanite mythic being", 4, 1, 1, "Multi-headed sea serpent defeated by Baal.", "monster"], ["ENT_CEL_BALOR", "Balor", null, "Celtic/Irish", "Fomorian", "Fomorians", "the baleful eye; blight; death", null, "mythological", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Cath Maige Tuired", 1, 0, 0, "Fomorian champion-king \"of the Baleful Eye,\" whose gaze slays; killed by his grandson Lugh at Mag Tuired.", "monster"], ["ENT_CEL_CETHLENN", "Cethlenn", null, "Celtic/Irish", "Fomorian", "Fomorians", "prophecy", null, "mythological", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Cath Maige Tuired", 0, 0, 0, "Fomorian prophetess, wife of Balor and mother of Ethniu; she foretells the Fomorian defeat.", "monster"], ["ENT_CEL_ELATHA", "Elatha", null, "Celtic/Irish", "Fomorian", "Fomorians", "kingship", null, "mythological", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Cath Maige Tuired", 0, 0, 0, "A Fomorian prince/king, father of Bres by the goddess \u00c9riu.", "monster"], ["ENT_CEL_INDECH", "Indech", null, "Celtic/Irish", "Fomorian", "Fomorians", "war", null, "mythological", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Cath Maige Tuired", 0, 0, 0, "A Fomorian king who, with Balor, leads the host at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired.", "monster"], ["ENT_CEL_TETHRA", "Tethra", null, "Celtic/Irish", "Fomorian", "Fomorians", "the sea; rule over the dead (Mag Mell)", null, "mythological", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Lebor Gab\u00e1la \u00c9renn", 2, 1, 0, "A Fomorian king associated with the sea and rule over the dead in Mag Mell; his sword Orna is taken at Mag Tuired.", "monster"], ["ENT_CERBERUS", "Cerberus", null, "Greek", "Underworld monster/guardian", "Underworld Guardian", "underworld; guardian; threshold; monstrous dog", null, "Mythic/chthonic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek underworld guardian", 5, 1, 0, "Monstrous hound guarding the entrance to the underworld.", "monster"], ["ENT_CHARYBDIS", "Charybdis", null, "Greek", "Sea monster/daimon", "Sea Monster", "whirlpool; sea danger; straits; liminal passage", null, "Mythic/maritime", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek sea monster/liminal being", 2, 0, 0, "Whirlpool monster associated with dangerous maritime passage.", "monster"], ["ENT_CHIMERA", "Chimera", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster", "monster; fire-breathing; hybrid beast; Bellerophon myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek monster", 4, 0, 0, "Hybrid fire-breathing monster slain by Bellerophon.", "monster"], ["ENT_CHR_BEAST", "Beast of Revelation", null, "Christian/Biblical", "Apocalyptic monster", "Eschatological adversary", "blasphemous empire; the number 666", null, "Christian", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Apocalyptic figure", 0, 1, 0, "The seven-headed beast from the sea, who bears the number 666 (Revelation 13).", "monster"], ["ENT_CHR_BEHEMOTH", "Behemoth", null, "Christian/Biblical", "Chaos monster", "Monster", "land monster; chaos; strength; eschatology", null, "Christian/Biblical", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Biblical chaos monster", 5, 1, 0, "Biblical land monster received in Christian tradition.", "monster"], ["ENT_CHR_DRAGON_REVELATION", "Dragon of Revelation", null, "Christian/Biblical", "Apocalyptic monster", "Monster", "dragon; Satan; apocalypse; persecution", null, "Christian/Biblical", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Biblical apocalyptic monster", 5, 1, 1, "Apocalyptic dragon of Revelation, associated with Satanic opposition.", "monster"], ["ENT_CHR_LEVIATHAN", "Leviathan", null, "Christian/Biblical", "Chaos monster", "Monster", "sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon", null, "Christian/Biblical", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Biblical chaos monster", 5, 1, 1, "Biblical sea serpent/chaos monster received in Christian tradition.", "monster"], ["ENT_DRAGON", "Dragon", null, "Cross-traditional", "Monster category", "Monster", "dragon; serpent; chaos monster; monster combat", null, "Comparative", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "cross-traditional monster category", 4, 1, 1, "Cross-traditional abstraction/category for dragon and serpent-monster figures.", "monster"], ["ENT_EGY_ANKHNETERU", "Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru (the World-Encircling Serpent)", null, "Egyptian", "Underworld serpent", "Serpent of regeneration", "nocturnal rebirth; the twelfth hour", null, "funerary", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Amduat, 12th hour", 0, 1, 1, "The great serpent \"Ka-en-Ankh-Neteru\" (\"Life of the Gods\") through whose body the barque is towed in the Amduat's twelfth hour, the sun entering aged and emerging reborn as Khepri. (Often shortened to Ankh-neteru.)", "monster"], ["ENT_EGY_APEP", "Apep", null, "Egyptian", "Serpent/netherworld being", "Chaos Monster", "chaos; darkness; enemy of Ra; underworld", null, "Textual/funerary", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "major netherworld being", 4, 1, 1, "Great serpent enemy of the solar god.", "monster"], ["ENT_EGY_SAASET", "Saa-Set (gate-serpent of the Book of Gates)", null, "Egyptian", "Underworld serpent guardian", "Gate-keeper", "guarding the gates of the Duat", null, "funerary", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Book of Gates, gate 2", 0, 1, 1, "An upright guardian serpent whose name must be known for the barque to pass; opens the second gate of the night (Book of Gates).", "monster"], ["ENT_EGY_SETEMMAATF", "Set-em-maat-f (Guardian of the Hall of Maat)", null, "Egyptian", "Underworld serpent guardian", "Gate-keeper", "guarding the Judgment Hall", null, "funerary", null, "C", "candidate_verified_name", "Book of Gates, gate 6", 0, 1, 1, "An upright guardian serpent set before the sixth gate of the night in the Book of Gates; the name must be known for the barque to pass.", "monster"], ["ENT_EGY_TEKAHER", "Teka-her (Flaming-Face)", null, "Egyptian", "Underworld serpent guardian", "Gate-keeper", "guarding the gates of the Duat", null, "funerary", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Book of Gates, gate 4", 0, 1, 1, "\"He of the flaming face,\" an upright serpent guarding the fourth-hour gate of the Book of Gates (also Amduat, hour 3).", "monster"], ["ENT_EMPOUSA", "Empousa", null, "Greek", "Daimon/monster", "Liminal Daimon", "apparition; night; liminality; Hecate-associated spirit", null, "Folkloric/magical", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek daimon/monster", 4, 1, 0, "Nocturnal apparition or daimon associated in later tradition with Hecate.", "monster"], ["ENT_FINN_HIISI", "Hiisi", null, "Finnish", "Monster", "Malevolent forest demon", "wilderness; malevolence; disease; dangerous places", null, "regional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0)", 0, 0, 0, "A malevolent forest demon (and the dangerous sacred grove it haunts), named in Agricola's deity list and the Kalevala as a source of evil and disease.", "monster"], ["ENT_GERYON", "Geryon", null, "Greek", "Monster/giant", "Monster", "giant; cattle; far west; Heracles myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek monster/giant", 4, 0, 0, "Multi-bodied giant defeated by Heracles.", "monster"], ["ENT_GSAGA_FAFNIR", "Fafnir", null, "Germanic Legend", "monster", "dragon", "dragon, cursed hoard", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Dwarf-turned-dragon who guards the cursed gold of Andvari; slain by Sigurd. Brother of Reginn.", "monster"], ["ENT_HTT_ILLUYANKA", "Illuyanka", null, "Hittite", "Chaos serpent", "Adversarial Being", "chaos serpent; storm opponent; primordial dragon; Illuyanka myth", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Serpent/dragon defeated by the Hittite storm god Tarhunna in the Illuyanka myth; Tarhunna initially loses but ultimately defeats the serpent with the help of the mortal Hupasiya and the goddess Inaras; structural parallel to Zeus/Typhon and Apollo/Python in the \"storm god defeats chaos serpent\" combat myth tradition", "monster"], ["ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI", "Ullikummi", null, "Hittite/Hurrian", "Chaos monster", "Adversarial Being", "chaos monster; stone giant; adversary of Teshub; Ullikummi Song", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Stone/diorite monster created by Kumarbi from the shoulder of Ubelluri to fight his son Teshub after losing power; grows to threaten heaven; eventually defeated when the gods cut its feet with an ancient tool; the paradigm parallel for Typhon as a monster created by the defeated predecessor to challenge the storm god champion", "monster"], ["ENT_HYDRA", "Hydra", null, "Greek", "Monster/serpent", "Monster", "serpent; swamp; regeneration; poison; Heracles myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek serpent monster", 5, 1, 1, "Lernaean Hydra slain by Heracles.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_BEHEMOTH", "Behemoth", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Chaos monster", "Monster", "land monster; chaos; eschatological beast", null, "Biblical/apocalyptic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Israelite/Second Temple chaos being", 5, 1, 0, "Great land beast in biblical/apocalyptic tradition.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_HAHYAH", "Hahyah", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Giant", "Nephil", "the giants; the dream of the coming flood", null, "Jewish", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Named giant (Book of Giants)", 1, 0, 0, "A son of Shemihazah, brother of Ohyah, who dreams of the destroying flood.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_LEVIATHAN", "Leviathan", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Chaos monster", "Monster", "sea monster; chaos; serpent; dragon", null, "Biblical/apocalyptic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Israelite/Second Temple chaos being", 4, 1, 1, "Chaos sea monster/serpent with Northwest Semitic roots.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_MAHAWAY", "Mahaway", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Giant", "Nephil", "the giants; the messenger flight to Enoch", null, "Jewish", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Named giant (Book of Giants)", 1, 0, 0, "The giant son of the Watcher Baraqel, sent to Enoch to interpret the dreams.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_OHYAH", "Ohyah", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Giant", "Nephil", "the giants; violence; prophetic dreams", null, "Jewish", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Named giant (Book of Giants)", 1, 0, 0, "A son of Shemihazah and a leading giant of the Book of Giants; also in Mani's recension.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_RAHAB", "Rahab", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Chaos monster", "Sea-dragon", "the chaotic sea; primordial rebellion", null, "Jewish", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Chaos monster", 0, 1, 1, "The sea-dragon of chaos crushed by Yahweh; a doublet of Leviathan.", "monster"], ["ENT_ISR_ZIZ", "Ziz", null, "Israelite/Second Temple", "Monster", "Primordial bird", "the sky; the primordial creatures of the air", null, "Jewish", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Primordial creature", 0, 0, 0, "The giant primordial bird, third of the great creatures with Behemoth and Leviathan.", "monster"], ["ENT_LAMIA", "Lamia", null, "Greek", "Daimon/monster", "Child-Harming Spirit", "night; child-harming spirit; monstrous female being", null, "Folkloric/mythic", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek daimon/monster", 3, 1, 0, "Female child-harming or monstrous figure in Greek tradition.", "monster"], ["ENT_LAT_KORUPHE", "Koruphe", null, "Late Antique Ritual", "Dragon demon", "Dragon Demon", "three-headed dragon; deafness; muteness; bodily affliction", null, null, null, "B", null, null, null, null, null, null, "monster"], ["ENT_LAT_KUNOPEGOS", "Kunopegos", null, "Late Antique Ritual", "Sea monster", "Sea Monster", "sea danger; wave demon; maritime affliction", null, null, null, "B", null, null, null, null, null, null, "monster"], ["ENT_LAT_WINGED_DRAGON", "Winged Dragon", null, "Late Antique Ritual", "Dragon demon", "Dragon Demon", "winged dragon; reproductive harm; fire; women; Solomonic demonology", null, null, null, "B", null, null, null, null, null, null, "monster"], ["ENT_MAN_UR", "Ur", null, "Mandaean", "Chthonic monster/being", "Monster", "darkness; underworld; monster; lower world", null, "Mandaean", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Mandaean chthonic entity", 5, 1, 1, "Chthonic monster/being of darkness.", "monster"], ["ENT_MEDUSA", "Medusa", null, "Greek", "Gorgon/monster", "Monster", "monster; gorgon; petrifying gaze; Perseus myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek monster/liminal being", 3, 1, 1, "Gorgon slain by Perseus.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_ANZU", "Anzu", null, "Mesopotamian", "Chaos bird / Storm monster", "Adversarial Being", "chaos; storm bird; stolen Tablets of Destiny; thunder; monster", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Mesopotamian divine storm bird; also called Zu or Imdugud (Sumerian); the great lion-headed eagle who steals the Tablet of Destinies from Enlil, plunging heaven and earth into disorder; defeated by Ninurta (in the Old Babylonian Anzu myth; also in the Standard Babylonian version) who recaptures the Tablet; appears also in the Epic of Gilgamesh (the Anzud bird); part of the Mesopotamian chaos-combat tradition alongside Tiamat, Kingu, and other chaos beings", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_BASHMU", "Bashmu", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Horned serpent", "the venomous horned serpent", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Serpent monster", 0, 1, 1, "Bashmu, the horned venomous serpent among the monsters of Tiamat.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_GIRTABLULLU", "Girtablullu", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Scorpion-man", "the scorpion-men; the guarding of the sun's gate", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Scorpion-man", 0, 0, 0, "The scorpion-men who guard the gate of Mount Mashu where the sun rises.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_GUGALANNA", "Gugalanna", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Bull of Heaven", "the Bull of Heaven; drought; the underworld", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Bull of Heaven", 0, 1, 0, "Husband of Ereshkigal (named in \"Inanna's Descent\"); his name means \"great bull of An.\" Often equated by modern scholars with the Bull of Heaven slain in the Gilgamesh epic, though that identification is not certain.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_HUMBABA", "Humbaba", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Forest guardian", "the Cedar Forest; the terrifying radiance", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Forest guardian monster", 1, 0, 0, "Humbaba (Huwawa), the fearsome guardian of the Cedar Forest, slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_KUSARIKKU", "Kusarikku", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Bull-man", "the bull-man; the guardian of the sun", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Bull-man", 0, 0, 0, "The bull-man, attendant of the sun-god and a guardian figure.", "monster"], ["ENT_MES_MUSHHUSHSHU", "Mushhushshu", null, "Mesopotamian", "Monster", "Dragon", "the snake-dragon; the symbol of Marduk", null, "Mesopotamian", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Dragon of Marduk", 0, 1, 1, "The snake-dragon (\"furious serpent\") of the Ishtar Gate, emblem of Marduk and Nabu.", "monster"], ["ENT_MINOTAUR", "Minotaur", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster", "bull; labyrinth; sacrifice; Theseus myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek monster", 4, 1, 0, "Bull-headed monster slain by Theseus in the labyrinth.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_ECHIDNA", "Echidna", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Chthonic monster", "Monsters; chthonic generation", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "The half-woman, half-serpent 'mother of monsters'; mate of Typhon and dam of the Greek monster brood. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 295-332 (esp. 304-305 description); Apollodorus 2.1.2. Genealogical hub previously missing from the DB.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_GIGANTES", "Gigantes", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Primordial monster collective", "Monsters; Gigantomachy", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Earth-born giants sprung from Gaia (from the blood of Ouranos) who warred on the Olympians in the Gigantomachy. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 183-186; Apollodorus 1.6.1-2. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_GRAEAE", "Graeae", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster collective", "Monsters; old age; prophecy", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Grey-haired sisters (Deino, Enyo, Pemphredo) sharing one eye and one tooth, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; coerced by Perseus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 270-273; Apollodorus 2.4.2. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_HARPIES", "Harpies", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster collective", "Monsters; storm-winds; snatching", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Collective of winged storm-spirits (Aello, Ocypete, Celaeno), daughters of Thaumas and Electra, 'snatchers' who tormented Phineus. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 265-269; Apollodorus 1.9.21. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_HECATONCHEIRES", "Hecatoncheires", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Primordial monster collective", "Monsters; primordial force", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "The hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants Cottus, Briareus and Gyges, sons of Ouranos and Gaia; allies of Zeus against the Titans and jailers of the imprisoned Titans. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 147-153, 617-735. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_ORTHRUS", "Orthrus", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Guardian beast", "Monsters; guardian beasts", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Two-headed hound of Geryon, son of Typhon and Echidna, slain by Heracles; sire (with the Chimera) of the Sphinx and Nemean Lion in Hesiod's construal. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 309-327; Apollodorus 2.5.10.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_SIRENS", "Sirens", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster collective", "Monsters; deadly song", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Collective of bird-bodied singing maidens whose song lured sailors to death; encountered by Odysseus. Attested Homer, Odyssey 12.39-54, 165-200; Apollodorus E7.18-19. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_SPHINX", "Sphinx", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Chthonic monster", "Monsters; riddle/death", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "The Theban Sphinx (Phix), winged lion-bodied woman who posed the riddle; child of Orthrus and the Chimera (Hesiod) or of Typhon/Echidna. Attested Hesiod, Theogony 326-329; Apollodorus 3.5.8. Distinct from the Egyptian sphinx.", "monster"], ["ENT_MON_STYMPHALIAN_BIRDS", "Stymphalian Birds", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster collective", "Monsters; man-eating birds", null, "devotional", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release)", 0, 0, 0, "Man-eating bronze-beaked birds of Lake Stymphalia driven off by Heracles in his sixth labour. Attested Apollodorus 2.5.6; Pausanias 8.22.4. Collective entity.", "monster"], ["ENT_MORMO", "Mormo", null, "Greek", "Daimon/monster", "Child-Harming Spirit", "fear; night; child-frightening spirit", null, "Folkloric", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek daimon/monster", 3, 1, 0, "Child-frightening female spirit or bogey figure.", "monster"], ["ENT_NEMEAN_LION", "Nemean Lion", null, "Greek", "Monster", "Monster", "lion; invulnerability; Heracles myth", null, "Mythic", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Greek monster", 4, 0, 0, "Invulnerable lion slain by Heracles.", "monster"], ["ENT_NOR_ANGRBODA", "Angrbo\u00f0a", null, "Germanic/Norse", "J\u00f6tunn", "J\u00f6tnar", "the mothering of monsters", null, "mythological", null, "A", "candidate_verified_name", "Gylfaginning 34", 0, 0, 0, "The giantess who bears Loki the three monsters Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel.", "monster"], ["ENT_NOR_FARBAUTI", "F\u00e1rbauti", null, "Germanic/Norse", "J\u00f6tunn", "J\u00f6tnar", "(father of Loki)", null, "mythological", null, "B", "candidate_verified_name", "Gylfaginning 33", 0, 0, 0, "The giant \"cruel-striker,\" father of Loki by Laufey.", "monster"], ["ENT_NOR_FENRIR", "Fenrir", null, "Germanic/Norse", "Wolf monster", "Monster", "wolf; 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