Entities
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'}
18 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Christian"
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Suggested facets: entity_type, category, cult_scope, evidence_confidence, inclusion_basis, earth_association_score, chthonic_flag
| 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_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_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_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_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_LMW_MENDICANT_SAINTS | Mendicant-Order Saints | Christian | Collective | Devotional collective | preaching/poverty/learning | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hub for the saints of the Franciscan, Dominican and related mendicant orders of the 13th-15th c. | collective | |||
| ENT_LMW_WOMEN_MYSTICS | Medieval Women Visionaries | Christian | Collective | Devotional collective | mysticism/visionary revelation | devotional | A | candidate_verified_name | High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hub for the visionary women mystics of the high and late medieval Latin West. | collective | |||
| ENT_MARY_TITLES | Marian Titles and Devotions | Christian | Collective | Marian devotion | reception | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Organizing hub collective for the historic titles, devotional images, and approved apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary across Catholic and Eastern devotion; not a separate figure. | collective | |||
| ENT_MOC_FATIMA_SEERS | The Seers of Fátima | Christian | Collective | Marian visionaries | Marian visionaries | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective hub for the three shepherd children who witnessed the Fátima apparitions of 1917: Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta. | collective | |||
| ENT_MOC_MARIAN_APPARITIONS | Modern Marian Apparitions | Christian | Collective | Marian apparition | Marian devotion | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective hub grouping the approved modern (1800–present) apparitions of the Virgin Mary. | collective | |||
| ENT_PAT_CHURCH_FATHERS | The Church Fathers | Christian | Collective / hub | Collective / hub | Patristic theology; doctrine; ecclesiastical authority | devotional | B | candidate_verified_name | Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective hub for the Patristic Doctors and Apostolic Fathers (c. 1st-8th c.); a standard category in Christian tradition (Quasten's Patrology), not a single historical person. | collective | |||
| ENT_SAINT_FOURTEEN_HELPERS | The Fourteen Holy Helpers | Christian | Saint collective | Saint | intercession against plague and sudden death | pan-Western | A | candidate_verified_name | collective helper cult | 0 | 0 | 0 | A collective of fourteen intercessory saints invoked together against plague and afflictions; centred on the Vierzehnheiligen basilica in Bavaria; arose in the 14th-century plague era. | collective | |||
| ENT_SAINT_ROYAL_SAINTS | Royal Saints | Christian | Saint collective | Saint | kingship; sovereignty; national patronage | regional | B | candidate_verified_name | Standard hagiographic category of canonized monarchs and royal martyrs | 0 | 0 | 0 | Collective of canonized kings and royal martyrs venerated as patrons of their realms. | collective | |||
| ENT_SAINT_THREE_KINGS | The Three Kings | Christian | Saint collective | Saint | the Epiphany; the Cologne relic cult | pan-Western | A | candidate_verified_name | Cologne shrine | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Magi, whose relics were translated to Cologne in 1164; the Shrine of the Three Kings is the largest reliquary in the West and Cologne Cathedral was built to house it. | collective |
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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]);