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'}

17 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Islamic/Sufi"

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tradition 1

  • Islamic/Sufi · 17 ✖

entity_class 1

  • collective · 17 ✖
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_ISL_ABDAL Abdal   Islamic/Sufi Hidden saint collective Holy Figure hidden saints; substitution; protection; cosmic order   Sufi/Islamic   A candidate_verified_name Islamic esoteric saint collective 1 0 0 Hidden saintly figures in Sufi cosmology. collective
ENT_ISL_RIJAL_GHAYB Rijal al-Ghayb   Islamic/Sufi Hidden saint collective Holy Figure hidden men; invisible saints; spiritual governance   Sufi/Islamic   A candidate_verified_name Islamic esoteric saint collective 1 0 0 Hidden/invisible saintly men in esoteric Islamic traditions. collective
ENT_SUF_ALAWIYYA Alawiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Shadhili-Darqawi branch; Algerian/Mediterranean spread; Western reception   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sufi order founded by Ahmad al-Alawi, a branch of the Darqawiyya; widely influential including on European converts. collective
ENT_SUF_BADAWIYYA Badawiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Egyptian popular Sufism; saint-veneration; the Tanta mawlid   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Egyptian Sufi order centred on the shrine of Ahmad al-Badawi at Tanta, host to one of the largest mawlid festivals in Islam. collective
ENT_SUF_BEKTASHI Bektashiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Anatolian heterodoxy; Alevi devotion; veneration of Ali; antinomian piety   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Heterodox Anatolian Sufi order traced to Hajji Bektash Wali, later linked to the Janissaries and to Alevi communities. collective
ENT_SUF_CHISHTI Chishtiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order sama (audition); service to the poor; love of God; South Asian Sufism   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Sufi order rooted in Chisht (Afghanistan) and established in India by Mu'in al-Din Chishti, central to the Islamization of the subcontinent. collective
ENT_SUF_DARQAWIYYA Darqawiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Sufism / Sufi tariqa   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Moroccan revivalist branch of the Shadhili-Jazuli tradition founded by Mawlay al-Arabi al-Darqawi (d.1823), marked by ascetic poverty, ecstatic dhikr, and a renewal of the master-disciple bond; influential across North Africa and into the later Shadhili-Alawi line. collective
ENT_SUF_HAQQANI Naqshbandi-Haqqani   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Global Naqshbandi-Khalidi branch; transnational Sufism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Transnational Naqshbandi-Khalidi suborder led by Nazim al-Haqqani; a major vehicle of Naqshbandi Sufism in the modern West. collective
ENT_SUF_KHALWATIYYA Khalwatiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Sufism / Sufi tariqa   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Order named for the practice of khalwa (spiritual retreat); spread widely across the Ottoman empire and Egypt in the early-modern period, producing many revival sub-branches. A principal vehicle of Ottoman-era Sufi piety and the seven-fold dhikr of the divine names. collective
ENT_SUF_KUBRAWI Kubrawiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order visionary mysticism; colours of the soul; Central Asian Sufism   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Central Asian Sufi order founded by Najm al-Din Kubra, noted for its visionary psychology of luminous colours. collective
ENT_SUF_MOURIDIYYA Mouridiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Senegalese Sufi order; Touba pilgrimage; work-as-worship ethic   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Major Senegalese Sufi order founded by Ahmadou Bamba; centred on the holy city of Touba. collective
ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI Naqshbandiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order silent dhikr; sober Sufism; sharia-bound spirituality; the Khwajagan lineage   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Major Sunni Sufi tariqa traced to Baha al-Din Naqshband, distinguished by silent dhikr (dhikr-i khafi) and tracing its silsila to Abu Bakr. collective
ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI_MUJADDIDI Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Sufism / Sufi tariqa   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Early-modern revivalist sub-branch of the Naqshbandiyya, named for Ahmad Sirhindi (the Mujaddid-i Alf-i Thani, 'Renewer of the Second Millennium'). Emphasized sober conformity to the Shari'a, silent dhikr, and rabita (bond to the shaykh); became the dominant Naqshbandi current across Mughal India, Central Asia, Ottoman lands, and beyond. Sub-branch of the existing ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI. collective
ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAHI Ni'matullahiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Persian Sufism; wahdat al-wujud; poetry and devotion   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Persian Sufi order founded by Shah Ni'matullah Wali, the most widespread tariqa in Iran. collective
ENT_SUF_NURCU Nurcu Movement   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Risale-i Nur readers' movement; modern Turkish faith renewal   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Faith-renewal movement of the readers of Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur; a modern Sufism-inflected community rather than a classical tariqa. collective
ENT_SUF_SANUSIYYA Sanusiyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Saharan reform tariqa; zawiya network; later Libyan state   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Reformist Sufi order founded by al-Sanusi, rooted in the teaching of Ahmad ibn Idris; politically dominant in Cyrenaica/Libya. collective
ENT_SUF_TIJANIYYA Tijaniyya   Islamic/Sufi Collective Sufi order Sufism / Sufi tariqa   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Tariqa founded by Ahmad al-Tijani (d.1815) in North Africa, claiming a direct waking-vision investiture from the Prophet Muhammad (the order's distinctive 'seal of the saints' claim). One of the largest Sufi orders of West and North Africa, with its own litanies (the Wazifa and Salat al-Fatih). 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]);