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'}

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]);