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'}

6 rows where entity_class = "angel" and tradition = "Yazidi"

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  • Yazidi · 6 ✖

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  • angel · 6 ✖
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_YAZ_FAKHR_AL_DIN Sheikh Fakhr al-Din   Yazidi Angel Holy Figure member of the Heptad; cosmogonic/creative role   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 One of the Seven Mysteries, with a creative/cosmogonic role in the qewls; eponym of a sheikhly lineage. Distinct from the Sufi poet Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (homonym) (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). angel
ENT_YAZ_NASIRDIN Sheikh Nasirdin (Nasr al-Din)   Yazidi Angel Holy Figure member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 One of the Seven Mysteries and eponym of a sheikhly lineage in the Yazidi oral tradition (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). angel
ENT_YAZ_SAJADIN Sheikh Sajadin (Sejadin)   Yazidi Angel Holy Figure member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 One of the Seven Mysteries / Sons of Sheikh Adi's companions in the qewls; eponym of a sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). angel
ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_HASAN Sheikh Hasan (Sheikh Sin)   Yazidi Angel Holy Figure member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage; scribe/wisdom associations   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 One of the Seven Mysteries and an earthly avatar; eponym of a principal sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek, Omarkhali). angel
ENT_YAZ_SHEIKH_OBEKR Sheikh Obekr (Abu Bakr)   Yazidi Angel Holy Figure member of the Heptad; sheikhly lineage   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Counted among the Seven Mysteries in several enumerations; eponym of a Yazidi sheikhly lineage (Kreyenbroek). Note: distinct from the Islamic caliph despite the shared name (homonym). angel
ENT_YAZ_TAWUSI_MELEK Tawusi Melek (Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel)   Yazidi Angel Angelic Being chief of the Heptad; divine vicegerent; mediator   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Chief of the Seven; venerated as God's foremost emanation and steward of the world. Yazidis REJECT the external misidentification with Shaytan/the devil; modeled here only as the Peacock Angel of the qewls (Spat, Kreyenbroek). angel

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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]);