{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_BALT_DIEVAS", "Dievas", null, "Baltic", "sky god", "Creator Deity", "sky; sovereignty; cosmic order; divine society", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Supreme sky god of the Baltic tradition; Lithuanian Dievas, Latvian Dievs. The name is cognate with Proto-Indo-European *Dy\u0113us (Greek Zeus, Latin Deus), preserving the ancient sky-father typology. Dievas is portrayed in Lithuanian folk songs (dainos) as a farmer-king who works the sky-fields, wears a silver coat and golden belt, and descends to earth on a grey horse; he embodies cosmic and social order. In the mythological narrative cycle, Dievas and Velnias are complementary opposites: Dievas governs the upper sky-world while Velnias rules the chthonic realm; Perk\u016bnas mediates by enforcing sky-world order. Gimbutas (1963) pp. 197-198; Greimas (1992) pp. 57-75.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_BALT_DIEVAS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 158.44195599947852, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}