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 = "collective" and tradition = "Christian/Heterodox"

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  • Christian/Heterodox · 6 ✖

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  • collective · 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_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

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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]);