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 entity_class to filter by kind (19 controlled values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, etc.). category is free text (1,148 values) and is not a reliable filter. 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 (934 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Free-text functional category (1,148 distinct values, not normalised — filter on entity_class instead)'}
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'}

5 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion"

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  • collective · 5 ✖
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_VF_APOTROPAIC_BOGEYS Apotropaic Bogeys   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Apotropaic figure child-warding; threshold dread; 'don't let them in'   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the warning-figures invoked to control behavior or guard thresholds — El Cucuy/the Boogeyman and the Black-Eyed Children — engaged through avoidance, refusal, and protective ritual. collective
ENT_VF_MODERN_CRYPTIDS Modern Cryptids   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Cryptid sighting waves; omen; rural menace   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the venerated/feared cryptids of vernacular belief that people engage as harbingers or threats (not mere believed animals): Mothman, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil. collective
ENT_VF_SLEEP_PARALYSIS_ENTITIES Sleep-Paralysis Entities   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective Sleep-paralysis entity nocturnal assault; chest-pressure; intruder presence; paralysis   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Hub for the recurring figures of the supernatural-assault tradition documented by Hufford and Adler: cross-culturally stable, experience-centered encounters during sleep paralysis that people interpret and ward against (light left on, prayer, sleeping position changes). collective
ENT_VF_STARSEEDS Starseeds   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Collective UFO-religion identity ['cosmic origin', 'spiritual mission', 'awakening', 'identity']   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A UFO-religion devotional identity: adherents believe their souls originated on other worlds (Pleiades, Sirius, Arcturus) and organize practice around 'activating' their starseed mission, connecting with their star families, and reading galactic-origin signs. Documented within New Age/UFO-religion scholarship (Partridge, occulture); sincere identity-and-practice engagement, but emergent and contested, so conf C. collective
ENT_VF_WITCHTOK WitchTok / Online Neopagan Devotion   Contemporary Folklore & Vernacular Religion Movement digital-age neopagan devotion ['deity worship', 'witchcraft', 'devotional practice', 'divination']   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 A digital devotional movement node: Gen Z devotees on TikTok/Instagram genuinely venerate ancient deities — building altars, leaving offerings, doing 'deity work,' interpreting signs, and reporting being 'called' by a god. Documented by Burton (Strange Rites) and digital-religion scholarship (Campbell). Wired reception_of to the specific ancient deities documented as WitchTok-popular; this models contemporary reception, not duplication, of those still-attested entities. 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]);