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'}

349 rows where entity_class = "collective"

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  • collective · 349 ✖
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_AKS_PANTHEON The Pre-Christian Aksumite Pantheon   Aksumite Collective Pantheon pantheon; Dʿmt and Aksumite religion   regional   A candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 The pagan deities worshipped in the Dʿmt kingdom and pre-Christian Aksum, attested in the pre-monotheist inscriptions of King Ezana and in Dʿmt-period South-Arabian-derived dedications. collective
ENT_ALV_ABDALAN_RUM Abdalan-i Rum (Abdals of Anatolia)   Alevi Initiate order Initiate order antinomian Anatolian dervish milieu   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The wandering antinomian dervish groups of medieval Anatolia among whom the Bektashi tradition crystallized; matrix of Alevi-Bektashi formation. Attested; Karamustafa, God's Unruly Friends. collective
ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty)   Alevi Saint collective Saint collective mystical assembly / archetype of the cem   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Forty Saints (Kirklar) whose primordial assembly, presided over by Ali, is the mythic archetype of the cem ceremony; central Alevi-Bektashi collective. Attested in Birge and Alevi buyruk lore. Cohort hub. collective
ENT_ALV_KIZILBASH Kizilbash (Qizilbash, Alevi forebears)   Alevi Movement Movement historical Safavid-allied Anatolian devotees   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Kizilbash, the Safavid-allied heterodox Anatolian Turkmen devotees of Ali and the Safavid shaykhs, the historical antecedent of modern Alevis. Attested; Dressler, Karamustafa. collective
ENT_ALV_TWELVE_IMAMS The Twelve Imams (Alevi veneration / On Iki Imam)   Alevi Holy collective Holy collective venerated Imams central to Alevi devotion   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Twelve Imams as venerated in Alevi-Bektashi devotion (On Iki Imam), commemorated in the Muharrem mourning and matem fast; the Alevi reception of the Shi'a Imamate (cf. ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES / ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT). Attested. collective
ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA The Aytam / Five Incomparable Ones (al-Aytam al-Khamsa)   Alawite Holy collective Holy collective cosmology,intercession,sacred company   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested cosmological collective (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the five 'orphans/incomparables' (aytam), spiritual hierarchs emanated below the Bab who administer the cosmos. Publicly attested function only. collective
ENT_ALW_TRINITY Ayn-Mim-Sin (the Alawite Trinity)   Alawite Divine collective Divine collective divine triad,manifestation,cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Attested (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002) as the central Nusayri-Alawi triad of three letters: Ayn (Ali), Mim (Muhammad), Sin (Salman). Cohort hub. collective
ENT_ANEMOI Anemoi   Greek Wind gods collective Wind Spirit winds; weather; directions; seasonal forces   Pan-Hellenic/mythic   A candidate_verified_name Greek wind-god collective 0 0 0 Collective of Greek wind gods. collective
ENT_ANGELS Angels   Cross-traditional Supernatural collective category Angelic Collective angels; heavenly messengers; divine envoys   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional angelic category 0 0 0 Cross-traditional abstraction for angels and heavenly messengers. collective
ENT_ANGF_ZODIAC_12 The Twelve Zodiacal Angels   Renaissance Esoteric Collective Collective astrology; angelology; zodiac   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Closed, enumerable set of twelve angels governing the twelve signs of the zodiac per Agrippa, De occulta philosophia II.14 (the Scale of Twelve). A structural collective; member angels attested in Agrippa and catalogued by Davidson. collective
ENT_ANT_ADVERSARIES The Threefold Adversaries   Anthroposophy Adversarial collective Adversarial collective adversary powers; threefold opposition; the Lucifer-Ahriman-Asuras grouping   literary   B candidate_verified_name Modern-strand deepening (v1.75.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping the three classes of adversary-being in Steiner's cosmology (Lucifer, Ahriman, and the Asuras), whose opposed pulls human spiritual development must learn to balance. collective
ENT_ANT_ASURAS The Asuras   Anthroposophy Adversarial collective Adversarial collective spirit-self corruption; egoity; destruction of the I; the most dangerous temptation   literary   B candidate_verified_name Modern-strand deepening (v1.75.0) 0 0 0 In Steiner's teaching the third and most dangerous class of adversary-beings, attacking the human spirit-self (the 'I'); the name is borrowed from the Indian asuras but designates a distinct Anthroposophical class. collective
ENT_ARAB_KAABA_IDOLS The Idols of Pre-Islamic Arabia   Pre-Islamic Arabian Collective Pantheon idol cult; tribal patron deities; Arabian sanctuaries   regional   A candidate_verified_name Early-antiquity fringe completion (v1.67.0) 0 0 0 Collective of the betyls and idols of pre-Islamic Arabia catalogued in Ibn al-Kalbi's Kitab al-Asnam (Book of Idols). NB: the Kaʿba idols proper (Hubal, Isaf, Naʾila…) and the five antediluvian idols of Qurʾan 71:23 (Wadd, Suwaʿ, Yaghuth, Yaʿuq, Nasr, framed there as the idols of Noah's people) are distinct sets grouped here under one umbrella. collective
ENT_ARMC_FATHERS Fathers and Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church   Armenian Christian Saint collective Collective national church, sanctity, apostolic lineage   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the founding and formative saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church; a modeling hub, not an attested single figure. collective
ENT_ART_ROUND_TABLE The Knights of the Round Table   Arthurian Collective Order of chivalry chivalry; fellowship; defense of the realm; the Grail quest   literary   B candidate_verified_name Arthurian legend / Matter of Britain (v1.78.0) 0 0 0 The fellowship of knights sworn to Arthur, gathered about the Round Table at Camelot. collective
ENT_AST_LUNAR_MANSIONS The Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions (Manazil al-Qamar)   Astral Magic Collective Astral powers lunar astrology; magical elections; talismanic timing; binding and loosing   regional   A candidate_verified_name Astral-magic power of the Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim) 0 0 0 Picatrix I.4 sets out the works of the Moon through each of her 28 mansions (manazil al-qamar), used to elect favorable times for talismans and operations. collective
ENT_AST_PLANETARY_SPIRITS The Seven Planetary Spirits of the Picatrix   Astral Magic Collective Astral powers astral magic; planetary spirits; talismanic conjuration; Sabian planetary cult   regional   A candidate_verified_name Astral-magic power of the Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim) 0 0 0 Picatrix Book III treats the seven planets as living spiritual powers ritually invoked (the Harranian Sabian planetary prayers), each with its Arabic name, governing spirit and prayer. collective
ENT_ASX_PANTHEON Anglo-Saxon Pantheon   Anglo-Saxon collective collective pantheon   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the pre-Christian Old English gods reconstructed from royal genealogies, place-names, charms, Bede and Norse cognates. collective
ENT_AURAE Aurae   Greek Nymph collective Wind Spirit breezes nymph;collective;air Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_BAH_HANDS_CAUSE Hands of the Cause of God   Bahá'í Institution/office Institution/office propagation; protection of the Faith   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Distinguished believers appointed to propagate and protect the Faith; functioned especially under Shoghi Effendi and after his passing. Attested in Smith (2008). collective
ENT_BAH_LETTERS_LIVING Letters of the Living (Hurúf-i-Hayy)   Bahá'í Collective/disciple body Collective discipleship; early Bábí community   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The eighteen first disciples who independently recognized the Báb, forming with him the first 'Unity.' Attested in Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By. collective
ENT_BAH_MANIFESTATIONS Manifestations of God (collective)   Bahá'í Collective/divine category Collective progressive revelation; prophethood; divine mediation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Bahá'í doctrinal category (Mazhar-i-Iláhí) for the succession of supreme Messengers; serves as the cohort hub. Attested across Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán and Smith (2008). collective
ENT_BAH_UHJ Universal House of Justice   Bahá'í Institution Institution governance; legislation; covenant   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Supreme elected governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, ordained in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and first elected 1963; seated in Haifa. Attested in primary scripture and Smith (2008). collective
ENT_BALT_MATES The Mātes (the Latvian Mothers)   Baltic Collective Domain-mother goddesses tutelary motherhood of natural domains (forest, sea, earth, wind, fields)   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 The many Latvian 'mother' goddesses (Mātes), each presiding over a natural domain, attested in the dainas as Meža māte, Jūras māte, Zemes māte, Vēja māte, and dozens more. collective
ENT_BALT_PANTHEON The Baltic Pantheon   Baltic Collective Pantheon Baltic mythology; Lithuanian, Latvian, and Prussian deities and spirits   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping of the deities and spirits of the Baltic peoples (Lithuanian, Latvian, Old Prussian) as reconstructed by Gimbutas and Greimas from folklore and medieval chronicles. collective
ENT_BSQ_PANTHEON Basque Pantheon   Basque Collective Pantheon polytheistic pantheon; Basque folk religion   regional   B candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping the pre-Christian Basque mythological beings reconstructed chiefly from oral tradition by José Miguel de Barandiarán in his Mitología Vasca. collective
ENT_CABEIRI Cabeiri   Greek Mystery gods collective Mystery Deity initiation; protection; craft mystery mystery;local cult Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 3 0 0 Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity. collective
ENT_CAN_KOTHARAT Kotharat   Canaanite/Ugaritic Goddess collective Birth goddesses conception; childbirth; marriage   regional   A candidate_verified_name KTU 1.24 0 0 0 The seven divine midwives ("the skilful ones," fem. of Kothar) who preside over conception, birth and marriage. collective
ENT_CAN_REPHAIM Rephaim   Canaanite/Ugaritic Ancestral collective Hero ancestors; dead kings; heroic dead   Northwest Semitic   A candidate_verified_name Canaanite collective 4 1 0 Collective of ancestral and royal dead. collective
ENT_CAR_PANTHEON Carian Pantheon   Carian collective pantheon regional polytheism;Anatolian civic cult   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the indigenous civic deities of Caria attested at the major rural sanctuaries (Labranda, Lagina, Mylasa, Panamara, Sinuri); Laumonier 1958. collective
ENT_CEL_FOMORIANS Fomorians   Celtic/Irish Mythic adversarial collective Adversarial Being chaos; sea; giants; opposition; monstrous powers   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic adversarial collective 4 1 0 Mythic adversarial beings opposed to the Tuatha Dé Danann. collective
ENT_CEL_TUATHA Tuatha Dé Danann   Celtic/Irish Divine collective Divine Collective divine race; otherworld; magic; sovereignty   Irish   A candidate_verified_name Celtic divine collective 3 0 0 Irish divine/mythic collective. collective
ENT_CGE_MATRONAE Matronae   Continental Germanic collective collective motherhood, fertility, protection   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The triple mother-goddesses of the Rhineland, attested on >1,000 votive stones (1st-4th c. CE), typically depicted as three seated women; named in numerous cult-epithet groups. collective
ENT_CGE_PANTHEON Continental Germanic Pantheon   Continental Germanic collective collective pantheon   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the Romano-Germanic deities of the Rhineland and Low Countries attested in votive inscriptions; modeling construct. collective
ENT_CHARITES Charites   Greek Goddess collective Grace Deity grace; beauty; festivity collective Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity. collective
ENT_CHR_ANGELS Angels   Christian Angelic collective Angelic Collective messengers; heavenly beings; divine service   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Christian angelic collective 0 0 0 General Christian angelic collective. collective
ENT_CHR_COMMUNION_SAINTS The Communion of Saints   Christian Collective Devotional collective The whole body of venerated Christian saints across the calendar   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Audit cleanup hub for venerated saints (v1.91.0) 0 0 0 The Communion of Saints — the ecclesiological collective of all the venerated holy dead; used here as a hub for individually-venerated saints. collective
ENT_CHR_DEMONS Demons   Christian Demon collective Demonic Collective demons; possession; temptation; affliction   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Christian demon collective 3 1 0 General Christian demonic collective. collective
ENT_CHR_FOUR_HORSEMEN Four Horsemen   Christian/Biblical Apocalyptic collective Eschatological riders conquest; war; famine; death   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Apocalyptic collective 0 0 0 The four riders of the seals: Conquest, War, Famine and Death (Revelation 6). collective
ENT_CHR_GUARDIAN_ANGELS Guardian Angels   Christian Angelic collective Angelic Collective protection; guidance; personal guardianship   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Christian angelic collective 0 0 0 Angels understood as guardians or personal protectors. collective
ENT_CHR_LEGION Legion   Christian Demon collective Possessing demons possession; multitude   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Named demons (Gospels) 0 1 0 "My name is Legion, for we are many" — the host of demons cast into the swine (Mark 5). collective
ENT_COMM_PANTHEON Pantheon of Commagene   Commagene collective Deity collective dynastic cult, syncretism, royal ancestor cult   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the syncretic Greco-Iranian dynastic pantheon established by Antiochus I Theos; attested in the Nomos inscriptions and the colossal seated divine statues of the Nemrud Dag hierothesion. collective
ENT_COP_FATHERS Coptic Fathers and Saints   Coptic Christian Collective Collective hub monasticism, martyrdom, ecclesiastical leadership   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the venerated abbots, patriarchs, and martyrs of the Egyptian (Coptic) Church; a grouping node, not a cultic figure. collective
ENT_CORYBANTES Corybantes   Greek/Anatolian Ritual daimon collective Ecstatic Ritual Being ecstatic dance; drums; mountain rites; Cybele/Rhea cult   Anatolian/Greek   A candidate_verified_name Greek/Anatolian ritual collective 4 0 0 Ecstatic attendants associated with Mother Goddess cults. collective
ENT_CORYCIAN_NYMPHS Corycian Nymphs   Greek Nymph collective Cave Spirit cave nymphs nymph;collective;cave Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_CRENAIAE Crenaiae   Greek Nymph collective Water Spirit wells; fountains nymph;collective;freshwater Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 2 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_CURETES Curetes   Greek Ritual daimon collective Protective Being ecstatic dance; protection; infancy of Zeus; mountain rites   Cretan/Greek   A candidate_verified_name Greek ritual collective 4 0 0 Ritual attendants/protectors associated with Zeus and ecstatic dance. collective
ENT_CYCLOPES_CRAFTSMEN Cyclopes Craftsmen   Greek Daimon/giant craftsmen collective Craft Deity divine weapons; thunderbolt; smithing; primordial craft   Mythic/theological   A candidate_verified_name Greek divine craftsman collective 4 0 0 Cyclopes as divine craftsmen who make thunderbolts and other divine weapons. collective
ENT_DACTYLS Dactyls   Greek/Phrygian/Cretan Daimon collective/craftsmen Craft Deity metalwork; mountain rites; magic; discovery of iron   Cretan/Phrygian/local   B candidate_verified_name Greek/Anatolian craftsman daimon collective 5 0 0 Idaean Dactyls associated with metalworking, magic, and mountain cult. collective
ENT_DEAD Dead   Cross-traditional Collective category Ritual Collective dead; ancestors; deceased; afterlife subjects   Comparative   A candidate_verified_name cross-traditional collective category 5 1 0 Collective category for the dead/deceased as subjects of judgment, ritual care, and afterlife movement. collective
ENT_DEMX_LOUDUN The Possession Demons of Aix / Loudun (Michaelis hierarchy)   Christian demonology Demonic collective Adversarial collective demonic possession; exorcism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the named possessing/expelled spirits enumerated in Sebastien Michaelis' Admirable History (Aix-en-Provence exorcisms of Madeleine de Demandolx, 1610-11), whose 'Pneumalogie' ranks the demons of the three angelic hierarchies. Attested only within this exorcism-treatise tradition. collective
ENT_DESERT_FATHERS The Desert Fathers and Mothers   Christian Saint collective monastic collective monasticism, asceticism, contemplative prayer   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the abbas and ammas of 4th-5th c. Egyptian/Palestinian desert monasticism, whose sayings are preserved in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers). collective
ENT_DIOSCURI Dioscuri   Greek Hero-gods collective Deified Mortal sailors; horsemen; protection hero cult;apotheosis Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 0 0 0 Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity. collective
ENT_DIO_FIRST_TRIAD First Celestial Triad (Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones) πρώτη διακόσμησις Christian/Theurgic Angelic triad Highest celestial triad immediate encircling of God; deifying knowledge; perfection   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 Highest triad set immediately around the Thearchy, illuminated directly by God: burning love (Seraphim), fullness of knowledge (Cherubim), steadfast bearing of God (Thrones). collective
ENT_DIO_HOLY_PEOPLE Holy People (Contemplative Laity) ἱερὸς λαός Christian/Theurgic Initiate order Illuminated lay order the contemplating faithful; reception of the mysteries   liturgical   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The middle order of the initiated, the faithful laity admitted to the illumination of the sacred mysteries. collective
ENT_DIO_MONKS Monks (Therapeutae) θεραπευταί / μονάζοντες Christian/Theurgic Initiate order Perfected lay order the undivided life; contemplative perfection; service of the One   liturgical   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The highest order of the initiated, the "perfected" who pursue the single, undivided life of contemplation gathered toward the One. collective
ENT_DIO_PURIFIED_ORDERS The Purified (Catechumens, Energumens, Penitents) οἱ καθαιρόμενοι Christian/Theurgic Initiate order Purified lay order those undergoing purification; catechumens; penitents; the possessed   liturgical   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 The lowest order, those still being purified — catechumens, penitents, and energumens — kept outside the synaxis until cleansed. collective
ENT_DIO_SECOND_TRIAD Second Celestial Triad (Dominions, Virtues, Powers) μέση διακόσμησις Christian/Theurgic Angelic triad Middle celestial triad lordship; divine power; cosmic order   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 Middle triad, illuminated by the first and ordering the cosmos: unfettered lordship (Dominions), virile power for deiform ascent (Virtues), ordered authority (Powers). collective
ENT_DIO_THIRD_TRIAD Third Celestial Triad (Principalities, Archangels, Angels) τελευταία διακόσμησις Christian/Theurgic Angelic triad Lowest celestial triad governance of nations; revelation; mediation to humanity   pan-Christian   A candidate_verified_name Pseudo-Dionysian corpus 0 0 0 Lowest triad, nearest the world, mediating the divine light to humankind: princely order (Principalities), bearing of revelation (Archangels), direct messenger-service (Angels). collective
ENT_DIS_DISCORDIANISM Discordianism   Discordianism tradition_hub Movement chaos; absurdism; parody religion; individualism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Tradition-hub. Discordianism is an absurdist/parody religion founded 1958-63 by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley and codified in the Principia Discordia; genuinely practiced worldwide (cabals, ordinations, the 'every man a Pope' ethos) and influential on chaos magic. Attested in the Principia Discordia and treated as a sincerely-held invented religion in Cusack 2010. collective
ENT_DRYADS Dryads   Greek Nymph collective Tree Spirit trees; forests nymph;collective;tree Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_DRZ_HUDUD Al-Hudud al-Khamsa (The Five Cosmic Luminaries)   Druze collective emanation hierarchy cosmology   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub: the five cosmic ranks (al-hudud al-ulwiyya) through which the divine unity is mediated in Druze cosmology; attested in Abu-Izzeddin and standard scholarship. collective
ENT_EGY_75_FORMS_RE The Seventy-Five Forms of Re   Egyptian Litany collective Aspects of the sun god the invocations of the sun in the underworld   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Litany of Re 0 1 0 The seventy-five names/forms under which the sun god is invoked in the Litany of Re as he traverses the underworld — most being epithet-aspects of Ra himself rather than separate deities. collective
ENT_EGY_DECANS The Decans (Egyptian decanal system) δεκανοί Egyptian Astronomical collective Star-clock deities the 36 decanal stars; the star-clock; the 10-day week   national   A candidate_verified_name coffin star-clocks; astronomical ceilings 0 0 0 The system of 36 stars/star-groups rising at ten-day intervals that ruled the Egyptian decades and divided the night into hours, attested on Middle Kingdom coffin star-clocks and the astronomical ceilings of Senenmut, Seti I, and Dendera. (Individual decan readings are largely contested, so represented as the system; later received into Hellenistic astrology as the dekanoi.) collective
ENT_EGY_ENEMIES_OF_RA The Enemies of Ra (the Damned)   Egyptian Underworld collective The condemned dead rebellion against the sun; annihilation in the pits of fire   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Amduat / Book of Gates 0 1 0 The bound, beheaded, and burned foes of the sun god — rebels condemned to the fire-pits of the Duat, their bodies, bas, and shadows annihilated. collective
ENT_EGY_FOUR_RACES The Four Races of Mankind   Egyptian Anthropological collective Peoples of the sun the four kinds of humanity; the equal care of Ra   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Book of Gates, 5th division 0 0 0 The four peoples shepherded by Ra/Horus in the Book of Gates — Reth (Egyptians), Aamu (Asiatics), Nehesu (Nubians), Themehu (Libyans) — all destined for the afterlife. collective
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS Four Sons of Horus   Egyptian Funerary deity collective Funerary Deity canopic protection; organs; funerary rites; Horus sons   Funerary   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian funerary deity collective 3 1 0 Collective of four funerary deities protecting the organs of the deceased. collective
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD Ogdoad   Egyptian Primordial deity collective Primordial Deity primordial waters; darkness; infinity; hiddenness; Hermopolitan creation   Hermopolitan   A candidate_verified_name Egyptian primordial deity collective 2 0 0 The Ogdoad (Egyptian: khmun, "the eight"; Greek: Ogdoas) is the Hermopolitan collective of eight primordial deities who constitute the pre-creation cosmological matrix in the theology of Hermopolis Magna (modern Ashmunein, Middle Egypt). The name of the city, Khmun (Coptic: Shmun), derives directly from the word for "eight" (ḫmn), reflecting the centrality of the Ogdoad to the city's religious identity. The eight deities are four male-female pairs, each embodying one primordial quality of the pre-creation state: Nun and Naunet (the primordial waters), Heh and Hauhet (infinity/boundlessness), Kek and Kauket (primordial darkness), and Amun and Amunet (the hidden/invisible). Together they represent the full matrix of creative potential — the totality of what existed before creation brought order, light, and differentiated being into existence. In the Hermopolitan cosmology, the Ogdoad's primordial forces are stirred (by Thoth's creative voice in some versions; by their own internal dynamic in others) to produce the primordial mound (the benben or Island of Flame) from which the creator deity (Atum-Ra, or specifically Thoth as the Hermopolitan demiurge) emerges to begin the ordered creation. The Ogdoad cosmology predates the Heliopolitan Ennead (Atum's family) as the primary Egyptian cosmological system; the two systems coexisted and influenced each other throughout Egyptian history. The Ogdoad has a notable reception in the Gnostic Ogdoad tradition (the "eighth heaven" or octadic pleroma structure), where the Hermopolitan cosmological structure of eight primordial forces was adapted into Valentinian and Sethian cosmological schemas. Thoth (Hermopolis's patron deity) is the organizing/creative intelligence within the Ogdoad system, receiving the Ogdoad's primordial energies and giving them creative direction. Pinch (2002) pp. 165-168; Wilkinson (2003) pp. 99-102. collective
ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_NEKHEN Souls of Nekhen   Egyptian Collective Ancestral royal souls (Upper Egypt) deceased predynastic kings of Hierakonpolis; royal ancestors; jubilation for the king   regional   A candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Jackal-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Nekhen (Hierakonpolis) in Upper Egypt, paired with the Souls of Pe in the Pyramid Texts. collective
ENT_EGY_SOULS_OF_PE Souls of Pe   Egyptian Collective Ancestral royal souls (Lower Egypt) deceased predynastic kings of Buto; royal ancestors; jubilation for the king   regional   A candidate_verified_name Predynastic / Early Dynastic / Old Kingdom Egyptian deity 0 0 0 Falcon-headed ancestral spirits of the predynastic rulers of Pe (Buto) in the Delta, invoked acclaiming the king in the Pyramid Texts. collective
ENT_EGY_TWELVE_HOURS The Twelve Hours of the Night   Egyptian Tutelary collective Goddesses of the hours the twelve divisions of the night; guiding the solar barque   funerary   A candidate_verified_name Amduat / Book of Gates 0 1 0 The twelve goddesses personifying the hours of the night, each ruling and guiding the solar barque through her division of the Duat. (Their individual names are descriptive epithets that vary by copy, so represented here as the collective.) collective
ENT_EMC_DISCALCED_CARMELITES Discalced Carmelites   Christian Collective Devotional collective Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Reformed contemplative Carmelite branch founded by Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross (1560s–70s). collective
ENT_EMC_JESUITS Society of Jesus (Jesuits)   Christian Collective Devotional collective Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Religious order founded 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola; spearhead of Counter-Reformation education and overseas mission. collective
ENT_EMC_NORTH_AMERICAN_MARTYRS North American Martyrs   Christian Collective Devotional collective Martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Eight Jesuit missionaries martyred in New France/Iroquoia 1642–1649; canonized 1930. collective
ENT_ERINYES Erinyes   Greek Goddess collective Underworld Deity vengeance; oath punishment chthonic;collective Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception A candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 4 1 1 Major or widely attested Greek religious/mythological entity. collective
ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS The Nine Saints   Ethiopian Christian Collective missionary collective evangelization; monasticism; translation of scripture   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Group of nine (largely Syriac/Roman) missionary monks who, c. late 5th-early 6th c., spread monasticism and consolidated Christianity in Aksumite Ethiopia; attested in Ethiopian synaxaria and discussed by Munro-Hay. collective
ENT_ETH_SAINTS Saints of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church   Ethiopian Christian Collective saintly collective sanctity; evangelization; monasticism; kingship   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for the canonized saints, sages, and Solomonic-cycle figures of Ethiopian Tewahedo Christianity; analytic grouping per Munro-Hay. collective
ENT_ETR_PANTHEON The Etruscan Pantheon   Etruscan Collective Pantheon Etruscan religion; liver-divination; chthonic and celestial cult   collective   A candidate_verified_name Connectivity remediation: pantheon collective hub (v1.79.0) 0 0 0 Collective hub for the Etruscan gods. collective
ENT_EUMENIDES Eumenides   Greek Goddess collective Underworld Deity appeased Erinyes; justice; purification; civic order   Cultic/chthonic   A candidate_verified_name Greek chthonic cult title 5 1 0 Propitiatory cult title of the Erinyes as Kindly Ones. collective
ENT_FCS_FOLK_SAINTS Latin American Folk Saints   Folk Catholic Saint collective collective Vernacular sanctity, popular canonization, miraculous intercession   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the folk-canonized (popular, Rome-unrecognized) intercessory figures of modern Latin American vernacular Catholicism; well attested ethnographically. collective
ENT_FINN_PANTHEON The Finnish/Kalevala Pantheon   Finnish Collective Pantheon Finnic mythology; deities and heroes of the Kalevala and Agricola's deity list   regional   A candidate_verified_name European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0) 0 0 0 Collective grouping of the gods, heroes, and otherworld powers of Finnic tradition as preserved in the Kalevala and Agricola's 1551 deity list. collective
ENT_GNO_AEONS Aeons   Gnostic Divine collective Aeonic Collective emanations; divine powers; pleroma   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge collective 0 0 0 Collective category for divine aeonic emanations. collective
ENT_GNO_ARCHONS Archons   Gnostic Ruler collective Archontic Collective rulers; cosmic powers; planetary governance; constraint   Cross-Gnostic   A candidate_verified_name Gnostic bridge collective 3 1 0 Collective of cosmic rulers or archontic powers. collective
ENT_GOE_ARS_GOETIA The Seventy-Two Spirits of the Ars Goetia   Goetic/Solomonic Collective Demonological classification goetia; the 72 spirits; evocation; the Lesser Key of Solomon   literary   A candidate_verified_name Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0) 0 0 0 The 72 demons catalogued in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) and the Ars Goetia of the Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton, 17th c.), ranked as kings, dukes, princes, marquises, presidents, earls and knights, each commanding legions of spirits. collective
ENT_GOE_INFERNAL_HIERARCHY The Infernal Hierarchy (Princes of Hell)   Goetic/Solomonic Collective Demonological classification hell; infernal monarchy; princes of darkness   literary   B candidate_verified_name Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0) 0 0 0 The organizing rank-structure of Hell's princes and officers systematized in the early-modern demonological treatises (Weyer 1577; Michaelis 1613; Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal 1818) — the court standing above the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia. collective
ENT_GOE_SEVEN_DEADLY_DEMONS The Seven Demons of the Deadly Sins (Binsfeld)   Goetic/Solomonic Collective Demonological classification seven deadly sins; pride; greed; lust; envy; gluttony; wrath; sloth   literary   B candidate_verified_name Grimoire demonology completion (v1.68.0) 0 0 0 Peter Binsfeld's 1589 pairing of each cardinal sin with a presiding demon: Lucifer=pride, Mammon=greed, Asmodeus=lust, Leviathan=envy, Beelzebub=gluttony, Satan=wrath, Belphegor=sloth. collective
ENT_GREAT_GODS_SAMOTHRACE Great Gods of Samothrace   Greek Mystery gods collective Mystery Deity initiation; protection; sea travel; Samothracian mysteries   Samothracian   A candidate_verified_name Greek mystery cult collective 3 0 0 Collective divine powers worshipped in the Samothracian mysteries. collective
ENT_GSAGA_VOLSUNG_CYCLE Volsung Cycle (Matter of the North)   Germanic Legend collective cycle heroic-legendary cycle   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Organizing hub for the Volsung/Nibelung legendary cycle, attested across Volsunga saga, the Poetic Edda heroic lays, and the Nibelungenlied. collective
ENT_HAMADRYADS Hamadryads   Greek Nymph collective Tree Spirit oak trees; tree-bound life nymph;collective;tree Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_HELEIONOMAI Heleionomai   Greek Nymph collective Water Spirit marshes; wetlands nymph;collective;wetland Greek world Archaic-Classical/Roman reception C candidate_verified_name Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity. 5 0 0 Nymph/nature-spirit entry; many are literary, local, or collective categories rather than universal cult deities. collective
ENT_HERX_BOGOMILS The Bogomils   Christian/Heterodox collective movement dualism; anticlericalism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 10th-c. Balkan dualist movement founded under the priest Bogomil rejecting the material order and ecclesiastical hierarchy; transmitter of dualism westward, attested in Lambert. collective
ENT_HERX_BOSNIAN_CHURCH The Bosnian Church   Christian/Heterodox collective movement schism; dissent   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Medieval autonomous Bosnian church (13th-15th c.) long associated with dualist/Bogomil influence and condemned as heretical by both Rome and Constantinople; attested in Lambert. collective
ENT_HERX_CATHAR_PERFECTI The Cathar Perfecti (Albigensians)   Christian/Heterodox collective movement dualism; asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The consoled elect of the Cathar/Albigensian dualist church of Languedoc and Lombardy (12th-13th c.), suppressed in the Albigensian Crusade; attested in Lambert. collective
ENT_HERX_HERESIARCHS Christian Heresiarchs and Dissenting Movements   Christian/Heterodox collective collective heresy; dissent; dualism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub collective for intra-Christian heterodox figures and movements condemned by the ecumenical councils; modern category attested throughout Pelikan and Lambert. collective
ENT_HERX_PAULICIANS The Paulicians   Christian/Heterodox collective movement dualism; iconoclasm   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 7th-9th c. Armenian/Byzantine dualist sect rejecting the material world, the Old Testament, and church sacraments; precursor in the dualist transmission to the Bogomils, attested in Lambert. collective
ENT_HERX_WALDENSES The Waldensians   Christian/Heterodox collective movement apostolic poverty; biblicism; dissent   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Poor of Lyon, an evangelical dissenting movement of vernacular preaching and biblicism founded by Peter Waldo, surviving into the Reformation; attested in Lambert. collective
ENT_HER_ENCOSMIC_GODS Encosmic Gods   Hermetic/Theurgic Cosmic god collective Visible gods the heavenly bodies; the cosmos as the gods' activity   Late antique   A candidate_verified_name Iamblichan encosmic gods 0 0 0 The encosmic (visible) gods, the heavenly bodies in which the divine is present through sympathy. collective
ENT_HER_ENNEAD Ennead   Hermetic/Theurgic Celestial sphere Sphere of ascent the ninth sphere; union with the divine Mind   Hellenistic-Roman   A candidate_verified_name Hermetic ascent-sphere 0 0 0 The ninth sphere, the realm of God and the divine powers, the summit of the Hermetic ascent. collective
ENT_HER_HYPERCOSMIC_GODS Hypercosmic Gods   Hermetic/Theurgic Transcendent god collective Liberated gods the realm above the cosmos; the leader-gods   Late antique   A candidate_verified_name Iamblichan hypercosmic gods 0 0 0 The hypercosmic (liberated) gods who transcend the cosmos and lead souls up out of it. collective
ENT_HER_IYNGES Iynges   Hermetic/Theurgic Connective power collective Transmitting powers the transmission of the Father's will; theurgic attraction   Late antique   A candidate_verified_name Chaldean connective order 0 0 0 The Iynges, the "thoughts of the Father" that transmit divine will and are drawn down in theurgy. collective

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