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'}

3 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Christian/Orthodox"

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  • Christian/Orthodox · 3 ✖

entity_class 1

  • collective · 3 ✖
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_ORTH_ATHONITE_ELDERS The Modern Athonite Elders   Christian/Orthodox Collective Elder (Geron) hub Hesychasm; monastic eldership; the Jesus Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the modern Athonite startsy / gerontes (Mount Athos): Silouan, Joseph the Hesychast, Paisios, Porphyrios, who renewed hesychast prayer and spiritual fatherhood in the 20th c. collective
ENT_ORTH_ROYAL_MARTYRS The Royal Martyrs (Romanov Passion-Bearers)   Christian/Orthodox Collective New Martyr / passion-bearer hub Passion-bearing; new-martyrdom of the Russian Revolution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Collective hub for Tsar Nicholas II and his family, glorified in 2000 by the Moscow Patriarchate as passion-bearers (strastoterptsy) following their 1918 execution at Yekaterinburg. collective
ENT_ORTH_THREE_HIERARCHS Three Holy Hierarchs   Christian/Orthodox Holy collective The Ecumenical Teachers theology; preaching; the unity of the Fathers   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Joint feast of the great hierarchs 0 0 0 The Three Holy Hierarchs and Ecumenical Teachers: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom. 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]);