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'}

5 rows where entity_class = "abstraction" and tradition = "Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion"

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  • Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion · 5 ✖

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  • abstraction · 5 ✖
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_VF_999 999 (Juice WRLD)   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cultural number-devotion Vernacular number-devotion ['memorial', 'protection', 'transformation', 'self-empowerment']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Rapper Juice WRLD's '999' creed: the inversion of 666, turning pain and negativity into something good and rising above. After his death (Dec 2019) fans use 999 (and the 999 Club) as a devotional, memorial and apotropaic sign. Included because fans genuinely use it as a mantra/protective sign, not as fiction. abstraction
ENT_VF_EGREGORE Egregore   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction occult thoughtform concept ['thoughtform', 'collective belief', 'autonomous spirit']   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The general occult/chaos-magic concept of a collectively generated autonomous thoughtform that can be deliberately fed, invoked, and worked with. Practitioners genuinely create and engage egregores ritually (a sincere magical practice), making the concept the framework under which Kek is understood. Included as the conceptual hub for Kek; contested/theoretical, so conf C. abstraction
ENT_VF_ELEVEN_ELEVEN 11:11   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Cultural number-devotion Vernacular number-devotion ['synchronicity', 'wish-making', 'angelic sign', 'guidance']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The widespread make-a-wish / synchronicity practice of noticing the time 11:11, read as an angelic or 'the Universe' sign of alignment - a digital-age angel-number devotion. abstraction
ENT_VF_HIGHER_SELF The Higher Self   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction New Age inner divinity ['inner divinity', 'intuition', 'guidance', 'wholeness']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Engaged devotionally as an inner divine source one petitions and takes guidance from ('connect with / align with your higher self,' 'ask your higher self'). A central New Age construct (Hanegraaff) treated as the practitioner's own divine guiding aspect, channeled and consulted; embodies the New Age self-as-divine premise. Widely practiced in meditation and manifestation circles. abstraction
ENT_VF_THE_UNIVERSE The Universe   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Personified abstraction New Thought / Law of Attraction providence ['providence', 'abundance', 'fate', 'answered desire']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Genuinely petitioned, thanked, and trusted as a providential agent ('the Universe has my back,' 'thank you, Universe,' 'asking the Universe for X'). Functions as a quasi-deistic provider in Law-of-Attraction practice; Rhonda Byrne's The Secret (2006) instructs the practitioner to ask the Universe, believe, and receive, treating it as a responsive personal force. Rooted in 19th-c. New Thought, hence Modern-Folklore period; the vernacular gratitude/petition idiom is ubiquitous online. 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]);