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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'}

100 rows where entity_class = "aeon"

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tradition 10

  • Valentinian 37
  • Sethian 29
  • Gnostic 14
  • Ophite/Archontic 7
  • Druze 5
  • Basilidean 2
  • Mandaean 2
  • Manichaean 2
  • Hermetic/Theurgic 1
  • Simonian 1

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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_BAS_ABRASAX Abrasax   Basilidean Cosmic ruler/archon Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Abrasax (Abraxas), the ruler whose name numbers 365 — the lord of the 365 heavens in the Basilidean cosmos. Widely attested on magical gems as a power over the cosmic cycle. aeon
ENT_BAS_GREAT_ARCHON Great Archon   Basilidean Demiurgic archon Creator/ruler figure       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The Great Archon of the Ogdoad in Hippolytus's Basilides, the chief world-ruler who, believing himself supreme, fashions and governs the cosmos beneath the ineffable Father. aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_AQL Al-Aql al-Kulli (the Universal Intellect)   Druze hypostasis luminary cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 First and highest of the five luminaries, the Universal Intellect; held to be manifested in Hamza ibn Ali. Attested doctrine. aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_KALIMA Al-Kalima (the Word)   Druze hypostasis luminary cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Third luminary, the Word/Logos; associated with Muhammad ibn Wahb al-Tamimi. Attested. aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_NAFS Al-Nafs al-Kulliyya (the Universal Soul)   Druze hypostasis luminary cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Second luminary, the Universal Soul, emanating from the Intellect; associated with Abu Ibrahim Isma'il al-Tamimi. aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_SABIQ Al-Sabiq (the Preceder / Right Wing)   Druze hypostasis luminary cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Fourth luminary, the Preceder (also 'the Right Wing'); associated with Salama ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Attested. aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_TALI Al-Tali (the Follower / Left Wing)   Druze hypostasis luminary cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Fifth luminary, the Follower (also 'the Left Wing'); associated with Baha al-Din al-Muqtana. Attested. aeon
ENT_GNO_ANTHROPOS Anthropos   Gnostic Aeon/primordial human Aeon primordial human; divine image; archetype   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge entity 1 0 0 Primordial Human or divine archetype. aeon
ENT_GNO_NOUS Nous   Gnostic Aeon/intellect principle Aeon mind; intellect; divine cognition   Cross-Gnostic/Platonic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge entity 0 0 0 Mind/intellect principle in Platonic and Gnostic contexts. aeon
ENT_GNO_SABAOTH Sabaoth   Sethian Archon/converted ruler Archon archon; repentance; seventh heaven; kingship   Sethian/Ophite   A candidate_verified_name Sethian/Ophite core entity 2 0 0 Archon sometimes portrayed as repentant or elevated above other rulers. aeon
ENT_GNO_SAKLAS Saklas   Sethian Demiurgic archon/name Archon fool; demiurge; ignorance; world ruler   Sethian/Ophite   A candidate_verified_name Sethian/Ophite core entity 4 1 0 Name/title for the ignorant demiurgic ruler in several Gnostic texts. aeon
ENT_GNO_SOPHIA Sophia   Gnostic Aeon/personification Aeon wisdom; fall; restoration; creation crisis   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge entity 1 0 0 Wisdom aeon/personification central to many Gnostic systems. aeon
ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH Yaldabaoth   Sethian Demiurgic archon Archon demiurge; ignorance; lion-serpent; world ruler   Sethian/Ophite   A candidate_verified_name Sethian/Ophite core entity 4 1 1 Demiurgic archon, often lion-faced serpent, in Sethian/Ophite traditions. aeon
ENT_GNO_ZOE Zoe   Gnostic Aeon/personification Aeon life; animation; restoration   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge entity 1 0 0 Life aeon/personification. aeon
ENT_HER_DEMIURGE Demiurge   Hermetic/Theurgic Demiurgic intellect Craftsman god the fashioning of the cosmos; the seven spheres   Hellenistic-Roman   A candidate_verified_name Hermetic/Platonic craftsman 0 0 0 The second Mind, the good craftsman who fashions the cosmos and the seven Governors (CH I; Timaeus). aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUCHO Choucho   Gnostic Archon/gate-guardian Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         An archon of the third aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu, guarding it together with Yaldabaoth; passed by the seal Zozeaz and the token 3349. aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUNCHEOCH Chouncheoch   Gnostic Archon/gate-guardian Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The archon guarding the second aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu; passed by the seal Thozoaz, the token 2219, and the names of power. aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUS Chous   Gnostic Archon/gate-guardian Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         One of the three archons of the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu. aeon
ENT_JEU_PERSOMPHON Persomphon   Gnostic Archon/gate-guardian Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         One of the three archons of the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu, named alongside Proteth and Chous. aeon
ENT_JEU_PROTETH Proteth   Gnostic Archon/gate-guardian Archon/ruler       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         One of the three archons guarding the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu; the initiate makes them retreat westward with the seal Zozeze, the token 1119, and the names of power. aeon
ENT_MANICH_ASHQALUN Ashqalun   Manichaean Archon Anthropogonic archon the devouring of the abortions; the making of Adam   Manichaean   A candidate_verified_name Manichaean archon 0 1 0 The male archon (Saklas) who, with Nebroel, devours the abortions and fashions Adam. aeon
ENT_MANICH_NEBROEL Nebroel   Manichaean Archon Anthropogonic archon the making of Eve; the binding of light in flesh   Manichaean   A candidate_verified_name Manichaean archon 0 1 0 The female archon who, with Ashqalun, produces the first human pair. aeon
ENT_MAN_ADAM_KASIA Adam Kasia   Mandaean Celestial prototype Hidden Adam the celestial soul of humanity; the inner Adam   Mandaean   A candidate_verified_name Hidden/celestial Adam 0 0 0 Adam Kasia, the hidden celestial Adam, the inner light-soul of which earthly Adam is the image. aeon
ENT_MAN_HAWWA_KASIA Hawwa Kasia   Mandaean Celestial prototype Hidden Eve the celestial counterpart of Eve   Mandaean   B candidate_verified_name Hidden/celestial Eve 0 0 0 Hawwa Kasia, the hidden celestial Eve, counterpart of Adam Kasia. aeon
ENT_OPH_ADONAIOS Adonaios   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; lordship; planetary ruler   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name derived from Adonai tradition. aeon
ENT_OPH_ASTAPHAIOS Astaphaios   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; planetary ruler; cosmic governance   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists. aeon
ENT_OPH_ELOAIOS Eloaios   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; planetary ruler; divine-name reception   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists. aeon
ENT_OPH_EVE_ZOE Eve/Zoe   Sethian Revealer/life figure Revealer Figure Eve; life; awakening; revelation   Ophite/Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Ophite/Sethian bridge entity 2 0 0 Eve/Zoe as life/revealer figure in Gnostic reinterpretations. aeon
ENT_OPH_HORAIOS Horaios   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; planetary ruler; cosmic governance   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists. aeon
ENT_OPH_IAO Iao   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; planetary ruler; divine name reception   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 One of the archontic names in Ophite/related lists. aeon
ENT_OPH_ORAIOS Oraios   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; planetary ruler; fire/light associations   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists. aeon
ENT_OPH_SABAOTH Sabaoth   Ophite/Archontic Archon/planetary ruler Archon archon; heavenly host; planetary ruler   Ophite/Archontic   A candidate_verified_name Ophite archon 2 1 0 Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists; distinct from Sethian Sabaoth entry if tradition-specific. aeon
ENT_PS_AUTHADES Authades   Gnostic Adversarial archon Adversarial being       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Authades ("the Arrogant" / Self-willed), the proud power of the Thirteenth Aeon who, envying Pistis Sophia, lures her down with a false light and torments her in the Chaos through his lion-faced emanation. aeon
ENT_PS_LION_FACED Lion-faced Power   Gnostic Adversarial emanation Adversarial being       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The lion-faced power, the emanation of Authades disguised as light, by which Pistis Sophia is deceived and afflicted in the Chaos. aeon
ENT_PS_MELCHIZEDEK Melchizedek (Zorokothora)   Gnostic Light-purifier/receiver Light-purifier       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Zorokothora Melchizedek, the great Receiver and Purifier of the Light in the Pistis Sophia and Books of Jeu, who gathers the purified light and carries it up into the Treasury of the Light. aeon
ENT_PS_PISTIS_SOPHIA Pistis Sophia   Gnostic Fallen aeon/penitent Fallen aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Pistis Sophia ("Faith-Wisdom"), the aeon of the Thirteenth Aeon who, deceived by a false light, descends and is afflicted in the Chaos; her thirteen repentances and rescue by the First Mystery are the heart of the Askew Codex. aeon
ENT_PS_VIRGIN_LIGHT Virgin of the Light   Gnostic Light judge/savior figure Judge/psychopomp       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The Virgin of the Light, the celestial judge who examines souls, inspects their seals and mysteries, and either advances them or assigns them (through her receivers) to rebirth; called "the Judge" in the Fire Baptism. aeon
ENT_SET_AGAPE Agape (Sethian)   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Love (Agape), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_AIONIA_ZOE Aionia Zoe   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Eternal Life (Aionia Zoe), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, the life of the Pleroma. aeon
ENT_SET_AISTHESIS Aisthesis   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Perception (Aisthesis), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_ALETHEIA Aletheia (Sethian)   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Truth (Aletheia), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_APHTHARSIA Aphtharsia   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Incorruptibility (Aphtharsia), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, expressing the imperishability of the divine realm. aeon
ENT_SET_AUTOGENES Autogenes   Sethian Self-generated aeon Aeon self-generated one; revealer; divine generation   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian core entity 0 0 0 Self-generated aeonic figure associated with divine generation and revelation. aeon
ENT_SET_BARBELO Barbelo   Sethian First aeon/mother principle Aeon first thought; divine mother; foreknowledge; emanation   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian core entity 0 0 0 First emanation or mother principle in Sethian systems. aeon
ENT_SET_CHARIS Charis   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Grace (Charis), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_DAVEITHE Daveithe   Sethian Luminary/aeon Aeon luminary; aeonic realm   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian luminary 0 0 0 One of the Four Luminaries. aeon
ENT_SET_EIRENE Eirene (Sethian)   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Peace (Eirene), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_ELELETH Eleleth   Sethian Luminary/aeon Aeon luminary; revelation; heavenly instruction   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian luminary 0 0 0 One of the Four Luminaries; often involved in revelatory instruction. aeon
ENT_SET_EPINNOIA Epinoia   Sethian Aeon/personified thought Aeon afterthought; insight; awakening; Eve tradition   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian core entity 0 0 0 Personified insight/afterthought associated with awakening and Eve traditions. aeon
ENT_SET_HARMOZEL Harmozel   Sethian Luminary/aeon Aeon luminary; aeonic realm   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian luminary 0 0 0 One of the Four Luminaries. aeon
ENT_SET_HORMOS Hormos   Sethian Agent/aeon Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         Hormos, the power prepared through a Logos-begotten holy vessel through whom the great Seth sows his incorruptible seed into the world in the Gospel of the Egyptians. aeon
ENT_SET_IDEA Idea   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Idea (Idea/Perfection of form), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_KALYPTOS Kalyptos   Sethian Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The Hidden One (Kalyptos), the first and latent of the three aeons within the Barbelo aeon in the Platonizing Sethian treatises (Zostrianos, Allogenes); the contemplated, unmanifest intellect. aeon
ENT_SET_MNEME Mneme   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Memory (Mneme), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_MORPHE Morphe   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Form (Morphe), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_OROIAEL Oroiael   Sethian Luminary/aeon Aeon luminary; aeonic realm   Sethian   A candidate_verified_name Sethian luminary 0 0 0 One of the Four Luminaries. aeon
ENT_SET_PLESITHEA Plesithea   Sethian Virgin mother/aeon Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         Plesithea, the virgin mother of the angels and of the incorruptible seed of the great Seth in the Gospel of the Egyptians. aeon
ENT_SET_PROGNOSIS Prognosis   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Foreknowledge (Prognosis), the second of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John; granted at her request as the Invisible Spirit gazes into her. aeon
ENT_SET_PROTENNOIA Protennoia   Sethian Aeon/first thought Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The "First Thought" (Protennoia), the threefold revealer of the Trimorphic Protennoia, identical with Barbelo, who descends in three forms — as the Voice (the Father), the Sound/Speech (the Mother), and the Word/Logos (the Son) — to awaken the seed of light. aeon
ENT_SET_PROTOPHANES Protophanes   Sethian Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         The First-Appearing One (Protophanes), the second aeon within Barbelo; the manifest, contemplating intellect and the realm of the perfect individuals (Zostrianos, Allogenes). aeon
ENT_SET_SYNESIS Synesis   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Understanding (Synesis), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SET_TELEIOS Teleios   Sethian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Perfection (Teleios), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John. aeon
ENT_SIM_HELENA Helena (Ennoia)   Simonian Divine feminine/aeon Aeon/personification       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH B reviewed         Helena, identified by the Simonians as the Ennoia (First Thought) of the Great Power — the divine feminine who descended, was imprisoned in matter and successive female bodies, and was sought and redeemed by Simon. The earliest form of the fallen-Wisdom myth. aeon
ENT_VAL_ACHAMOTH Achamoth   Valentinian Lower Sophia Aeon lower wisdom; deficiency; restoration; psychic creation   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 2 0 0 Lower Sophia figure central to Valentinian myth. aeon
ENT_VAL_AEINOUS Aeinous   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Ever-mind (Aeinous), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Synesis. aeon
ENT_VAL_AGAPE Agape   Valentinian Aeon / personified Love Aeon love; divine charity; Dodecad; Metricos pair; cosmic love principle; Pleroma binding force       A           Agape ("Love") is one of the twelve Dodecad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Metricos ("Measurer"). Like Pistis, Agape personifies a theological virtue as a cosmic divine reality. In Valentinian theology, the agape that binds the Pleroma is the divine love through which all aeons are oriented toward the Father — it is the binding force of the divine fullness. The prominence of Agape in the Dodecad reflects Valentinianism's deep engagement with the Johannine tradition (1 John 4:8: "God is Agape") and Paul's hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13. For Valentinian theologians, Paul's statement that "love never fails" (1 Cor 13:8) while knowledge and prophecy pass away supports the aeon Agape's permanent role in the Pleroma even after the Fall of Sophia and its aftermath. Irenaeus AH I.2.5; Layton (1987) pp. 299-300. aeon
ENT_VAL_AGERATOS Ageratos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Never-aging (Ageratos), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Henosis. aeon
ENT_VAL_AKINETOS Akinetos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Immovable (Akinetos), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Syncrasis. aeon
ENT_VAL_ALETHEIA Aletheia   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon truth; revelation; divine reality   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Truth aeon, paired with Nous. aeon
ENT_VAL_ANTHROPOS Anthropos   Valentinian Aeon/primordial human Aeon humanity; archetypal human; divine image   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Human/Man aeon, paired with Ecclesia. aeon
ENT_VAL_APORIA Aporia   Valentinian Personified passion Mythic process/category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Perplexity/bewilderment (Aporia), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth. aeon
ENT_VAL_AUTOPHYES Autophyes   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Self-produced (Autophyes), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Hedone. aeon
ENT_VAL_BYTHIOS Bythios   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Profound (Bythios), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Mixis (Irenaeus AH I.1.2). aeon
ENT_VAL_BYTHOS Bythos   Valentinian Supreme principle/aeon Supreme Principle depth; ineffable source; primal father   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 The Depth or primal source in Valentinian theology. aeon
ENT_VAL_ECCLESIA Ecclesia   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon church; assembly; spiritual community   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Church/Assembly aeon, paired with Anthropos. aeon
ENT_VAL_EKKLESIASTIKOS Ekklesiastikos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Ecclesiastical (Ekklesiastikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Makariotes. aeon
ENT_VAL_ELPIS Elpis (Valentinian)   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Hope (Elpis), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Patrikos. aeon
ENT_VAL_ENNOIA Ennoia   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon thought; conception; divine intention   Valentinian   B needs_review Valentinian aeonic entity 0 0 0 Thought/conception figure; usage varies across Valentinian accounts. aeon
ENT_VAL_ENTHYMESIS Enthymesis   Valentinian Aeon/personified passion Mythic process/category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         The "intention" (Enthymesis) of Sophia: the formless, passion-laden offspring of her presumptuous desire to grasp the Father, separated from her by Horos and cast outside the Pleroma, where it becomes the lower Sophia, Achamoth (Thomassen, Spiritual Seed). aeon
ENT_VAL_EPISTROPHE Epistrophe   Valentinian Personified passion Mythic process/category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Conversion/turning (Epistrophe), the redemptive passion of Achamoth — her turning back toward the light — from which the psychic substance (and the Demiurge) is formed. aeon
ENT_VAL_HEDONE Hedone (Valentinian)   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Pleasure (Hedone), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Autophyes. aeon
ENT_VAL_HENOSIS Henosis   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Union (Henosis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Ageratos. aeon
ENT_VAL_LOGOS Logos   Valentinian Aeon/principle Aeon word; reason; mediation   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Word/Reason aeon in Valentinian syzygies. aeon
ENT_VAL_LYPE Lype   Valentinian Personified passion Mythic process/category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Grief (Lype), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth, from which (with fear and perplexity) the material substance is formed. aeon
ENT_VAL_MACARIA Macaria (Valentinian)   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Blessedness (Macaria), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Monogenes. aeon
ENT_VAL_MAKARIOTES Makariotes   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Felicity (Makariotes), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Ekklesiastikos. aeon
ENT_VAL_METRIKOS Metrikos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Maternal (Metrikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Agape. aeon
ENT_VAL_MIXIS Mixis   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Mingling (Mixis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Bythios. aeon
ENT_VAL_MONOGENES Monogenes   Valentinian Aeon / Only-begotten Aeon divine sonship; unique knowledge of the Father; only-begotten principle; Nous variant; Decad       A           Monogenes ("Only-begotten") is one of the ten Decad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Macaria ("Blessedness"), and produced by the syzygy of Logos and Zoe (Irenaeus AH I.2.5). He occupies a special position in some Valentinian traditions because the title "Monogenes" is also applied to Nous (the second aeon, paired with Aletheia), who alone has knowledge of the Father (Bythos): "Nous alone, which is also called Only-begotten and Father and Beginning of all things, was able to know the size of the Father" (Irenaeus AH I.2.1). This creates a theological ambiguity in Valentinianism: there is a Decad-level Monogenes (paired with Macaria in the Decad sequence) and a title Monogenes applied to the second Ogdoad aeon Nous. The term "Monogenes" is also the Greek theological term used for Christ's divine Sonship in the Gospel of John (1:14, 18; 3:16), making this concept a bridge point between Valentinian aeon theology and orthodox Christology. Layton (1987) pp. 276-302; Irenaeus AH I.2.5. aeon
ENT_VAL_NOUS Nous   Valentinian Aeon/intellect Aeon mind; only-begotten; divine intellect   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Mind/Intellect aeon, often paired with Aletheia. aeon
ENT_VAL_PARAKLETOS Parakletos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Comforter (Parakletos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Pistis. aeon
ENT_VAL_PATRIKOS Patrikos   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Paternal (Patrikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Elpis. aeon
ENT_VAL_PHOBOS Phobos (Valentinian)   Valentinian Personified passion Mythic process/category       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Fear (Phobos), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth. aeon
ENT_VAL_PISTIS Pistis   Valentinian Aeon / personified Faith Aeon faith; divine trust; Dodecad; Paracletos pair; Pistis Sophia tradition; salvific trust       A           Pistis ("Faith") is one of the twelve Dodecad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Paracletos ("Comforter" — the Valentinian appropriation of the Johannine Paraclete concept). Produced by the syzygy of Anthropos and Ecclesia, Pistis personifies the theological virtue of faith as a cosmic, divine quality rather than a human disposition — in Valentinian theology, Pistis is the archetypal pattern of which human faith is a shadow. The figure of Pistis acquires much greater theological development in the text known as Pistis Sophia (possibly 3rd–4th c. CE), a Coptic Gnostic dialogue in which Sophia/Pistis is a fallen aeon who descends through thirteen emanations seeking rescue from the material realm — an extended narrative elaboration of the Valentinian cosmological drama. In the Pistis Sophia text, the figure named "Pistis Sophia" conflates the Dodecad aeon Pistis with the fallen Sophia, creating a hybrid narrative figure distinct from the Valentinian Decad/Dodecad structure. Layton (1987) pp. 299-300; Irenaeus AH I.2.5. aeon
ENT_VAL_SIGE Sige   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon silence; hiddenness; primal consort   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Silence, often paired with Bythos. aeon
ENT_VAL_SOTER Soter   Valentinian Savior aeon Revealer Figure savior; restoration; redemption; pleroma   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Savior figure involved in restoring deficiency. aeon
ENT_VAL_SYNCRASIS Syncrasis   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Commixture (Syncrasis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Akinetos. aeon
ENT_VAL_SYNESIS Synesis (Valentinian)   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon       PER_GNO_2ND_4TH A reviewed         Understanding (Synesis), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Aeinous. aeon
ENT_VAL_THELETOS Theletos   Valentinian Aeon / Divine Will Aeon divine will; Dodecad; Sophia pair; cosmological crisis; fall of Sophia; Pleroma limit       A           Theletos ("Will" or "Desired One") is the second-to-last of the thirty Valentinian aeons, paired with Sophia as the final male-female syzygy of the Dodecad (Irenaeus AH I.1.1-3; I.2.5). He is theologically pivotal: Sophia's fall occurs specifically because she desires to comprehend the Father without her consort Theletos — her passion/desire (enthymesis) erupts as a desire to "know" the Father directly, bypassing the proper mediation of her syzygy partner. Without Theletos, Sophia's unbounded desire cannot be contained, and it overflows the Pleroma boundary, generating the crisis that eventually produces Achamoth (Lower Sophia) and the material world. Theletos thus represents the principle of divine Will as the proper partner of Wisdom — the absence of Theletos from Sophia's creative act is precisely what makes her creation defective and material rather than spiritual. In later Valentinian theology (as preserved in the Gospel of Philip, NHC II,3), the relationship of Theletos and Sophia informs the discussion of proper spiritual pairing (the "bridal chamber" motif). Irenaeus AH I.1.1-3; Layton (1987) pp. 289-302. aeon
ENT_VAL_ZOE Zoe   Valentinian Aeon/personification Aeon life; animation; living fullness   Valentinian   A candidate_verified_name Valentinian core entity 0 0 0 Life aeon, paired with Logos. aeon

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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]);
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