Entities

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

4 rows where entity_class = "abstraction" and tradition = "Christian/Theurgic"

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  • Christian/Theurgic · 4 ✖

entity_class 1

  • abstraction · 4 ✖
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
ENT_DIO_DIVINE_DARKNESS The Divine Darkness (Gnophos) ὁ θεῖος γνόφος Christian/Theurgic Apophatic mystery Negative theology the super-luminous darkness; unknowing; union beyond knowledge   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The apophatic summit of the Mystical Theology: the "ray of divine darkness" into which the soul ascends by unknowing, leaving all sense and intellect to be united to the unknowable God. abstraction
ENT_DIO_PROCESSION_RETURN Procession and Return (Proodos and Epistrophe) πρόοδος καὶ ἐπιστροφή Christian/Theurgic Cosmological process Emanative dynamic the outflow of all from the Good and its return; the rhythm of hierarchy   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The Neoplatonic rhythm by which all things flow out from the Good (proodos) and are drawn back to it (epistrophe); the dynamic structuring every Dionysian hierarchy. Received from Proclus. abstraction
ENT_DIO_THEARCHY The Thearchy (Godhead) ἡ θεαρχία Christian/Theurgic Supreme principle Superessential Godhead the triune source of all divinity; the superessential One; origin of every hierarchy   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 Dionysius's term for the divine source — the superessential, triune Godhead (thearchia) beyond being, from which all hierarchy proceeds and to which it returns. abstraction
ENT_DIO_THE_GOOD The Good (Agathon) τὸ ἀγαθόν Christian/Theurgic Divine name/principle Chief divine name the supreme Good; source of all procession; the chief name of God   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The first and most fitting of the Divine Names: the Good (after Plato and Plotinus), prior even to Being — the overflowing source from which all things proceed and to which all return. abstraction

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);