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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'}

18 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Christian"

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  • Christian · 18 ✖

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  • collective · 18 ✖
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]);
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