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'}

13 rows where entity_class = "collective" and tradition = "Jewish Mystical"

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tradition 1

  • Jewish Mystical · 13 ✖

entity_class 1

  • collective · 13 ✖
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_JM_CHAYYOT Chayyot   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective living creatures; throne; vision   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Living creatures of Ezekiel’s throne vision. collective
ENT_JM_HASHMALLIM Hashmallim   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective radiance; fire; throne   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Radiant angelic beings of Merkabah traditions. collective
ENT_JM_HASIDISM Hasidism   Jewish Mystical Collective Hasidic master ['mysticism', 'devekut', 'popular piety']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The Hasidic movement of devotional mysticism arising in 18th-century Eastern Europe, founded by the Baal Shem Tov and spread through successive rebbes. collective
ENT_JM_HEAVENLY_HOST The Heavenly Host   Jewish Mystical Angelic collective Angel the assembled ranks of angels       B candidate_verified_name         Tzeva ha-Shamayim, the assembled host of the ten angelic ranks collective
ENT_JM_LILIN Lilin   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Night-demons night; the strangling of infants   Jewish   B candidate_verified_name Rabbinic/Zoharic demon brood 0 1 0 The lilin, the demonic brood of Lilith who menace women in childbirth and infants. collective
ENT_JM_MAZZIKIN Mazzikin   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Harmful spirits injury; nocturnal danger   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Rabbinic demon class 0 1 0 The mazzikin, the "harmers," invisible spirits that crowd and injure the living. collective
ENT_JM_OPHANIM Ophanim   Jewish Mystical Angel collective Angelic Collective wheels; throne; celestial motion   Merkabah   A candidate_verified_name Major angelic collective 0 0 0 Wheel angels associated with the divine throne. collective
ENT_JM_QLIPHOTH Qliphoth   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective The shells the husks that imprison the sparks; the powers of impurity   Kabbalistic   A candidate_verified_name Kabbalistic realm of evil 0 1 0 The Qliphoth (kelipot), the "shells/husks" formed from the broken vessels that imprison the holy sparks. collective
ENT_JM_SABBATEANS Sabbateans   Jewish Mystical Collective Messianic claimant ['messianism', 'mysticism']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The 17th-century messianic movement that proclaimed Sabbatai Zevi as the messiah, drawing on Lurianic eschatology and erupting in 1665-66. collective
ENT_JM_SAFED_KABBALISTS Safed Kabbalists   Jewish Mystical Collective Kabbalist ['kabbalah', 'mysticism', 'Torah study']   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 The 16th-century circle of mystics gathered at Safed in the Galilee, the center of post-expulsion Kabbalah; home to Cordovero, Luria, Vital, Karo and Alkabetz. collective
ENT_JM_SEFER_HARAZIM_ANGELS The Angels of the Seven Firmaments (Sefer ha-Razim)   Jewish Mystical Collective Angelic host operative angelology; magic; adjuration   regional   A candidate_verified_name Named power of the late-antique/medieval Jewish magical corpus (Sefer ha-Razim, Sword of Moses, Sefer Raziel) 0 0 0 The vast graded host of named angels organized into encampments across the firmaments, adjured in Sefer ha-Razim's spells for love, dreams, victory, healing and harm. collective
ENT_JM_SEFIROT Sefirot   Jewish Mystical Divine collective Divine Collective emanations; divine attributes; cosmic structure   Kabbalah   A candidate_verified_name Major Kabbalistic collective 0 0 0 The ten divine emanations of Kabbalah. collective
ENT_JM_SHEDIM Shedim   Jewish Mystical Demonic collective Demons the wild places; harm and misfortune   Jewish   A candidate_verified_name Rabbinic demon class 0 1 0 The shedim, the demons of rabbinic lore, partaking of both angels and humans. 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]);